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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 12 Jan 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
10.4° C
 (Which is 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 4PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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)
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!
!
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3
3
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111212111112121111111114141313121289
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45244437363631012123194917941776160315671395120694459951542911309187575513712877091318
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
25
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
4.31
12:17AM
4.20
12:50PM
4.20
1:28AM
4.24
1:59PM
4.27
2:30AM
4.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
1.91
6:36AM
2.02
7:12PM
1.99
7:51AM
1.99
8:22PM
1.89
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise8:17-------8:17-------8:15-------
Sunset--4:42-------4:44-------4:45-----
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-----1-------------254
Temp. °C11111111101011109887777768889999
Feels °C (?)234665864121233423122245
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