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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 12 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
11.1° 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 1PM is: 4.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.9
W
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
WNW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)16161615141413131312121211111010107797778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)170591638913146876662494413310622531676124898684059950741633315412711468189194237400
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
4.08
2:14PM
4.06
2:41AM
4.43
3:13PM
4.48
3:32AM
4.89
3:58PM
4.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
2.02
8:31PM
1.94
9:10AM
1.61
9:29PM
1.51
9:58AM
1.13
10:15PM
1.04
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:35-------6:33-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:12-------8:13--
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111--1----------2------
Temp. °C8899109887791010109101011121212121212
Feels °C (?)-2-12345454455555545788987
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