Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 12PM is: 7.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)16ft (5.0m)10s
Afternoon (27 Jan)23ft (7.0m)14s
Evening (27 Jan)20ft (6.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
8
5
3
3
2
4
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3
W
5
SSW
7.5
SW
7
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
4.5
W
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4
W
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.2
W
2.2
SW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)91510131414141418171717171616161616151413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1971347650441946619841156321434611333158951866112367164721624015784908212696108878599637450363736163213362326
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
50
SSW
70
SSW
65
SW
55
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
4.34
11:26PM
4.19
12:06PM
4.19
12:49AM
4.22
1:29PM
4.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.26
5:20PM
1.31
5:58AM
1.40
6:42PM
1.39
7:27AM
1.33
8:07PM
1.24
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise--8:03-------8:02-------8:00-----
Sunset----5:07-------5:07-------5:09---
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
22-111--111---111--1141-
Temp. °C1210888899991010101099999101091010
Feels °C (?)4-1-7-6-4010001211-1242133666
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