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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 28 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
10.3° 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 5PM is: 5.5m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)18ft (5.5m)17s
Afternoon (28 Jan)18ft (5.5m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
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0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
6.5
WSW
7.5
WSW
7
WSW
7
WSW
8
WSW
7
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161615141413121112191818181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1798717060166031700210716105101267497397173587546493728162721533077282083545631839289733894026442187981572414851
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
40
S
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
20
SW
30
SSE
25
SE
10
NNW
55
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30PM
4.84
1:13AM
4.86
1:55PM
4.91
2:32AM
5.12
3:07PM
5.21
3:36AM
5.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
1.65
7:02PM
1.66
7:48AM
1.58
8:27PM
1.49
9:07AM
1.25
9:37PM
1.14
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise8:00-------8:00-------7:58-------
Sunset--5:07-------5:08-------5:10-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
211111121-141-1-1611---1
Temp. °C91010999999101010999989978998
Feels °C (?)1320001444243324247-4-1122
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