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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 GMT
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Priests Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Priests Cove sea temperature is
10.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Priests Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 5PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 4.5m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (22 Jan)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (22 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Priests Cove. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
!
0
0
6
4
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2
W
3.5
WSW
5.5
SW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5.5
WSW
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)161615141414141317171716161615161615151616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145261294612308752254133750212213557100190261561611071924015218143881074710896117001302814537161501241688326188
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
15
SW
30
SE
55
SE
40
S
45
SSE
65
SE
80
ESE
50
ESE
50
SE
65
SW
70
SSW
60
SW
35
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
45
W
30
W
25
SSW
40
S
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
5.34
7:03PM
5.04
7:21AM
5.29
7:41PM
4.96
8:01AM
5.15
8:24PM
4.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.42
1:32AM
0.51
1:58PM
0.50
2:09AM
0.63
2:37PM
0.64
2:51AM
0.82
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise8:08-------8:07-------8:07-------
Sunset--4:59-------5:00-------5:01-----
light rain
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-1--56112111222531----5
Temp. °C910999898779998888101099998
Feels °C (?)13142-40-3-7-9-1-2-5-7-50244-12202
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