Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Priests Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 4PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
S
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
S
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1091514131213131212121414131313139121211888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6543719612815128623225224822015624718713596542814141261118
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
50
E
50
E
55
E
60
E
55
E
55
E
55
E
50
ESE
50
E
50
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
45
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
5.62
7:39PM
5.56
8:03AM
5.30
8:26PM
5.24
8:53AM
4.86
9:18PM
4.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.17
2:15AM
0.22
2:36PM
0.49
3:07AM
0.55
3:29PM
0.86
4:07AM
0.91
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:16-------6:13
Sunset---8:22-------8:24-------8:27----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C10111010999989101010991010101010111099
Feels °C (?)44231100-2-10-1-2-3-2-10-1012100
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