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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 20 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 14s primary swell from a West direction and 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
0
0
0
!
0
5
3
0
1
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.1
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
W
5.5
W
6
W
5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.2
W
3
S
8
SW
9
SW
Period(s) (?)1514141413131313910101616171616151414141481818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412142284634447731062340168412451436160115782216949415784157611622910881717651283072184113353721448413
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
35
S
40
SSE
55
SE
40
S
40
S
30
S
30
S
20
S
15
SW
45
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
20
S
45
SE
70
SSE
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
S
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
4.98
6:09AM
5.29
6:27PM
5.04
6:44AM
5.34
7:03PM
5.04
7:21AM
5.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11PM
0.49
12:22AM
0.48
12:46PM
0.42
12:56AM
0.46
1:22PM
0.42
1:32AM
0.51
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------8:10-------8:08-------8:07-
Sunset4:54-------4:57-------4:59-------
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1-11122211112-1----69611
Temp. °C99109910111110101010999999987878
Feels °C (?)11310-1333357-1-1-1013-1-60-1-5-4
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