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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 10 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
11.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 5PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
1
1
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.4
WNW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
5.5
W
6
W
6
W
5.5
W
5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)14141414138121214161615151616161615141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2650219016101139651140530413907765811948143521408513770170341787515310115337440523336742682203923181496
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
35
S
40
S
40
S
45
S
45
SSW
55
WNW
45
W
45
WSW
50
SW
55
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
25
W
25
SW
25
SSW
25
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
3.97
11:49PM
4.02
12:43PM
3.84
1:29AM
4.08
2:14PM
4.06
2:41AM
4.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
2.21
6:34AM
2.20
7:10PM
2.22
8:04AM
2.02
8:31PM
1.94
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:35-------6:33
Sunset---8:07-------8:07-------8:09----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1----12------111--11-111
Temp. °C78910101157798989989101098788
Feels °C (?)100113-7-4-5-3-4-2-3-10034433243
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