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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
10.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
2.3
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121313121212121111111111789101012131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2563453453293733613552782021581218346010882002273247216187726468136164532644273470
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNE
0
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
WNW
50
W
60
NW
55
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NNW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
6.00
7:57PM
5.80
8:22AM
5.54
8:45PM
5.35
9:15AM
4.99
9:45PM
4.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
0.21
1:58PM
0.45
2:21AM
0.59
2:44PM
0.91
3:14AM
1.07
3:41PM
1.41
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise--6:18-------6:16-------6:13-----
Sunset-----6:37-------6:39-------6:42--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999111110101010101111111210977777888
Feels °C (?)578987765554230-2-7-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
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