Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 12AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
1.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121211111111111010101010101010101010101010106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2770235520881751152113381208107510489378166354924072992602231881531211219065237
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
6.49
6:23AM
6.68
6:44PM
6.66
7:04AM
6.70
7:25PM
6.63
7:47AM
6.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
-0.03
12:43PM
-0.14
1:02AM
-0.13
1:23PM
-0.08
1:44AM
-0.05
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset-8:16-------8:19-------8:20------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111101099101010999999101010109991010
Feels °C (?)776644556566654556654442
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