Praa Sands surf break

Praa Sands surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 07 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
10.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Praa Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 2PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)13ft (4.0m)17s
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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5
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
4
WSW
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)181717161615151416151414131312121111111111101014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6911919497657588646648444033347136983047254118641370118186062850240353327926999011223811
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
E
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
15
SE
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
5.30
9:10PM
5.21
9:30AM
4.88
9:49PM
4.81
10:13AM
4.47
10:40PM
4.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
1.03
3:03PM
1.28
3:25AM
1.41
3:39PM
1.66
4:08AM
1.81
4:27PM
2.03
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:46-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:02-------8:05--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111111131413131414141416161514131010998887
Feels °C (?)33379111312121212151413121166311113
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