Praa Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.10° N 5.38° W

Praa Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
18.1° C
1.0° 

Praa Sands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Praa Sands today (20 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 12AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)--
Afternoon (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (20 Aug)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Thu morning, light winds from the NNE by Fri night).

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WNW
10
2
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.3
W
8
2.5
W
9
2.5
W
9
2.5
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
9
2.4
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
10
1.7
W
10
1.5
W
9
1.4
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.1
WNW
8
1.4
NW
6
0.5
W
8
0.8
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
540
371
573
736
930
996
976
1038
958
901
768
539
380
311
220
176
132
34
76
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
25
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:33PM4.95m
10:55AM4.73m
11:23PM4.49m
11:54AM4.34m
Low Tide
4:26PM1.41m
4:48AM1.66m
5:13PM1.84m
5:40AM2.06m
6:18PM2.19m
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:32
8:30
8:29
 mm
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
19
18
18
18
17
17
18
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
15
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
11
11
13
11
12
12
13
13
12
11
10
9
9
11
11
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