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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 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 8AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
5
9
7
4
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.8
W
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WNW
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121111111212111111141413131312121211191918171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1966174616031351114467557345738950898879266055135991115431365313694969284924374596355
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
SSW
20
NW
25
N
30
N
35
NNE
30
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
15
SSW
25
SW
35
SSW
45
SW
25
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
15
NE
20
WNW
30
WSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onoffoffcross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
3.77
1:16AM
3.82
1:45PM
3.84
2:15AM
3.99
2:40PM
4.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.78
6:56PM
1.74
7:35AM
1.75
8:07PM
1.66
8:42AM
1.58
9:06PM
1.46
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:17-------8:17-------8:15-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:45-------4:47---
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-32-----------11---153-1
Temp. °C11111110988877778910101010997899
Feels °C (?)68752-1011342111567763321
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