Praa Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.10° N 5.38° W

Praa Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
17.5°C
1.0° 

Praa Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Praa Sands today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 2PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WNW
12
1.9
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
12
1.7
W
12
1.5
W
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.3
W
10
1.1
W
10
1
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.4
WSW
17
0.9
WSW
16
2.1
W
15
2.3
W
14
2.4
W
13
2.3
W
13
2.3
W
12
2.3
W
12
2.4
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1160
1082
928
814
565
460
374
240
190
148
106
103
99
76
119
366
1881
1977
1992
1751
1539
1444
1478
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:46AM4.80m
00:33AM4.60m
1:19PM4.67m
2:11AM4.62m
2:50PM4.93m
Low Tide
5:33AM1.69m
6:21PM1.77m
7:08AM1.90m
8:05PM1.76m
8:46AM1.73m
9:30PM1.39m
cloud
clear
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clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:41
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:55
7:53
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
16
18
19
19
19
18
19
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
12
14
15
14
15
15
14
13
12
12
14
15
17
18
17
18
14
13
12
13
12
13
13
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