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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 09 Feb 2026 GMT
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Praa Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
10.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 11AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (09 Feb)11ft (3.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Praa Sands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.3
SW
2.5
S
2.4
S
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Period(s) (?)111378810101020191817171616161412131414141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)974552554716115916422146193038047227116041164110378853390858899825588521368214055131391204395409571
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
35
SSE
50
SE
35
SSE
30
SW
25
SW
35
W
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
20
S
30
SW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
35
SW
20
S
15
NNW
30
N
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
4.86
10:09PM
4.61
10:36AM
4.42
11:09PM
4.26
11:50AM
4.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
1.52
4:01PM
1.74
4:24AM
1.92
4:53PM
2.11
5:31AM
2.25
6:13PM
2.35
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise--7:43-------7:41-------7:39-----
Sunset----5:28-------5:30-------5:30---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-31521----15-1--11--1105-
Temp. °C1091011121111101011111212121211111110111010810
Feels °C (?)410566445876644211146713
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