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Priests Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 27 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 7PM is: 6.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)16ft (5.0m)10s
Afternoon (27 Jan)26ft (8.0m)15s
Evening (27 Jan)20ft (6.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
0
!
4
6
6
7
7
6
6
6
5
7
5
2
3
2
0
0
1
2
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SSW
7.5
SW
8
WSW
6.5
WSW
6
W
2.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4
W
4
W
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.2
W
2.3
SSW
3
WSW
2.4
SW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)101315141315181717171716161616161514131312121216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474418268276471746812493328713569125111555815607159491548191958650110138599632451203890163214852244168210446
Wind
(km/h)
70
S
75
SW
60
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
S
35
S
30
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
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-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
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
2:04AM
4.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Friday
30
Sunrise8:03-------8:02-------8:00-------
Sunset--5:07-------5:07-------5:09-----
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111---111-1131---2111--
Temp. °C98899998101010109999910910109910
Feels °C (?)-5-8-5-212102211011113244335
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