Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
10.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 11PM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1
W
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121213131414131313121212131312121212111111116
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)411284454484490529529506490395377365377475492537511480404377302242188154
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
0
NW
5
N
5
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
E
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
6.59
7:05AM
6.61
7:25PM
6.40
7:47AM
6.27
8:07PM
6.05
8:32AM
5.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
-0.13
1:03AM
-0.05
1:23PM
0.08
1:42AM
0.20
2:03PM
0.45
2:26AM
0.60
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:20-------6:18-------6:16-
Sunset-6:35-------6:36-------6:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101010991010109910999101010101010101011
Feels °C (?)999875666456667778776534
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