Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 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
11.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Priests Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Priests Cove at 11AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111111111010101010101010101010101010915141315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1504132611901069972850724569426354260223188188153121926665434296128123
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
40
E
45
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
5.75
6:35AM
5.78
6:56PM
5.74
7:18AM
5.62
7:39PM
5.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
-0.08
12:45AM
-0.06
1:06PM
-0.03
1:28AM
0.01
1:49PM
0.17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:22-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1010109999910991010101010101010109999
Feels °C (?)45545556866765554432000-1
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