The Breakwater-St Ives surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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The Breakwater-St Ives surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Breakwater-St Ives sea temperature is
11.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Breakwater-St Ives today?

The current surf forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives at 12PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)7ft (2.2m)6s
Evening (09 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

Table - waves today at The Breakwater-St Ives. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
3
WSW
2.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5.5
W
6
W
Period(s) (?)111111116814141414141414141381215151616151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)357289403682394783316734933353318027022012161011067469792061551791191044812576116691261015063
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
N
10
ESE
25
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
45
S
40
SSW
30
WNW
30
W
45
WSW
50
SW
55
SW
60
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
4.30
10:30PM
4.27
11:06AM
3.97
11:49PM
4.02
12:43PM
3.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
1.76
4:24PM
1.96
5:05AM
2.08
5:36PM
2.21
6:34AM
2.20
7:10PM
2.22
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset-----8:05-------8:07-------8:07--
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------2331-1111
Temp. °C1010101099987778910111176798899
Feels °C (?)86430011230001230-2-5-3-5-5-2-2
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