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Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 14 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
10.5° 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 11AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
5
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!
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.6
WSW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
2.3
SW
2
SW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
W
3
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111414131312712122019181817161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51440010609477716531670368154316493386723511255116499644792974366786599665529841125071203410737
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
10
S
20
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
N
15
WNW
20
W
25
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
4.39
2:08PM
4.42
2:39AM
4.57
3:06PM
4.62
3:31AM
4.84
3:55PM
4.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
2.05
8:30PM
1.96
9:04AM
1.85
9:27PM
1.73
9:56AM
1.57
10:14PM
1.43
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--8:15-------8:14-------8:14-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:46-------4:47---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----12---121--21-111112
Temp. °C666788101010998898899999999
Feels °C (?)233320256676442111111234
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