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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 07 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 12PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)13ft (4.0m)17s
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)181717161615141416151414131312121111111110101414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59958040848066075283370030422747275622491809136398682257446435728946671879178827872951
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
15
SSE
5
W
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
5.09
9:00PM
5.02
9:20AM
4.70
9:39PM
4.63
10:03AM
4.30
10:30PM
4.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
1.02
2:58PM
1.26
3:20AM
1.39
3:35PM
1.62
4:04AM
1.76
4:24PM
1.96
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:46-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:04-------8:05--
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121112141513131313131314141413121010998887
Feels °C (?)434810111312121111121212121076221113
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