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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
10.5° 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 9AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
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)
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
!
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.1
W
2
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)121111111110101010111119181716161616161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13241004755661496400331333284410617856242939446791607248293940446649545839535950177960
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
WNW
15
W
15
SW
30
S
50
SSE
60
SSE
20
SW
15
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
5.48
5:13PM
5.43
5:31AM
5.76
5:48PM
5.65
6:06AM
5.98
6:23PM
5.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.98
11:31PM
0.87
11:54AM
0.74
12:06AM
0.67
12:29PM
0.57
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:11-------8:11-------8:10-----
Sunset----4:51-------4:52-------4:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------1----3712-12
Temp. °C9889998888898888910878999
Feels °C (?)6668876432232330-2-23310-10
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