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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 04 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
10.0° 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 2PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (04 Feb)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
3
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.9
W
1.6
W
3
ESE
3
ESE
1.7
WSW
3
SW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)1413131312881414191918181717161616151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)312122241844118974610019941240322512294135971242510839101527508727165095965532852866143635961136165
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
E
45
E
50
E
35
E
10
S
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
6.57
6:59PM
6.20
7:17AM
6.44
7:36PM
6.03
7:53AM
6.16
8:12PM
5.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.07
1:16AM
0.21
1:40PM
0.25
1:51AM
0.42
2:14PM
0.55
2:25AM
0.73
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise7:50-------7:50-------7:48-------
Sunset--5:19-------5:21-------5:22-----
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1----11---11---111-----1
Temp. °C99999910101011111110101010101011101010910
Feels °C (?)101-1-1-1383566555766766646
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