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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 26 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
10.6° 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 1AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.9m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)21ft (6.5m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)21ft (6.5m)14s
Evening (27 Jan)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
6
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.8
W
3
S
3.5
S
3
W
6.5
SW
6.5
WSW
6.5
WSW
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4
W
4
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)89128915121314151414181717171716161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9421152872132917293476113171341718093132671103873301421217488162651560715697150868971854411288922460725566
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSE
45
S
50
ESE
55
SSE
50
SSW
65
SSW
80
SSW
65
SW
50
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SSW
40
S
40
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
15
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:12PM
4.35
10:45AM
4.34
11:26PM
4.19
12:06PM
4.19
12:49AM
4.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
1.09
4:41AM
1.26
5:20PM
1.31
5:58AM
1.40
6:42PM
1.39
7:27AM
1.33
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------8:03-------8:02-------8:00-
Sunset5:05-------5:07-------5:07-------
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
251211--21---111--11-11--
Temp. °C1011111212987899999999989991010
Feels °C (?)03222-4-8-7-4-1110000-10-212464
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