Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 27 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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 5AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
3
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
WNW
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)12171613161514141413131312121111111191211121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94010331068162252394407372435193372313927262953290020492302209523602718265156721689159714171214
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
50
S
55
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
20
WSW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
4.96
3:06PM
5.02
3:32AM
5.45
4:00PM
5.46
4:20AM
5.92
4:44PM
5.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27PM
1.69
9:09AM
1.35
9:34PM
1.25
10:05AM
0.87
10:23PM
0.79
10:50AM
0.46
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----7:07-------7:05-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:00-------6:01-------6:04
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------122-------11-11
Temp. °C998888999101011111111101011111110988
Feels °C (?)1211233123343320-11116433
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