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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 15 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 12PM is: 4.0m 19s primary swell from a West direction and 2.5m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 9.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)6ft (1.8m)20s
Afternoon (15 Jan)13ft (4.0m)18s
Evening (15 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
4
4
9
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.8
WNW
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)101120191817171616161616151515151514141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11811456253510035101488863735564895718525450706227945898829313817571275566477536052830237916541344
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
E
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
WSW
20
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
4.02
3:04AM
4.22
3:26PM
4.24
3:47AM
4.49
4:06PM
4.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
1.58
9:06PM
1.46
9:35AM
1.33
9:53PM
1.21
10:19AM
1.07
10:34PM
0.96
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--8:15-------8:15-------8:14-----
Sunset----4:47-------4:49-------4:51---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010101010999101010109101091010101010109
Feels °C (?)787865111212213345444456
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