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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 08 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
11.0° 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 4AM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.5
W
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141615141413131212111111117101414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)304227472756224918091509986809657464357289533705383111733723306322429482454198415871090
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
5
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
W
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
15
N
10
ENE
15
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
5.02
9:20AM
4.70
9:39PM
4.63
10:03AM
4.30
10:30PM
4.27
11:06AM
3.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.39
3:35PM
1.62
4:04AM
1.76
4:24PM
1.96
5:05AM
2.08
5:36PM
2.21
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:04-------8:05-------8:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13141414141315121210999988888689910
Feels °C (?)13131212131014101076532-1003522102
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