Praa Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.10° N 5.38° W

Praa Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
17.2°C
1.9° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 12PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (27 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun night, near gales from the SSE by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
10
2.5
SW
8
1.7
WNW
10
2
W
11
2
W
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.9
W
12
2
W
12
1.9
W
11
1.8
W
11
1.7
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.4
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
WNW
10
2
SSE
6
3
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
524
441
374
703
659
934
951
878
944
993
1058
922
814
701
617
457
381
314
212
170
139
263
940
Wind (km/h)
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
S
40
W
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
S
60
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:12AM6.25m
6:28PM6.50m
6:46AM6.43m
7:03PM6.58m
7:21AM6.47m
7:40PM6.48m
Low Tide
12:27PM0.16m
00:47AM0.03m
1:01PM0.04m
1:20AM0.02m
1:37PM0.07m
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light rain
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Temp °C
16
16
17
17
16
16
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15
14
14
14
15
16
15
15
15
16
16
17
18
19
19
18
Feels °C
10
10
10
11
11
12
12
13
12
12
12
12
13
12
12
12
13
12
13
13
15
13
9
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