Praa Sands Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.10° N 5.38° W

Praa Sands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Praa Sands sea temperature is
18.7° C
1.6° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Praa Sands at 3AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (13 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (13 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the N by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
10
1
WSW
10
1.2
W
11
1.2
W
11
1.3
W
10
1.3
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
9
1.1
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.4
W
8
1.5
WNW
8
1.2
W
8
1
W
8
1
W
8
1.1
W
8
1
W
8
1
W
8
0.9
W
8
0.8
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
230
205
338
326
346
333
279
273
225
211
168
159
188
220
270
280
195
129
127
142
124
124
95
74
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:15AM6.18m
6:35PM6.60m
6:58AM6.34m
7:17PM6.70m
7:38AM6.36m
7:56PM6.61m
Low Tide
00:20AM0.14m
12:36PM0.15m
1:03AM-0.06m
1:17PM0.02m
1:43AM-0.08m
1:56PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:44
8:43
8:40
 mm
Temp °C
21
20
20
21
22
22
21
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
18
18
17
16
Feels °C
22
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
20
19
20
19
17
17
17
16
14
13
12
12
13
12
11
11
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