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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 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
11.1° 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 1PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 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
Sat
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161514141313121211111111101014141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2756224918091509986809574464357344403611763107535283372318027402454202715871090836547
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
20
N
10
NE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
SE
35
S
40
S
45
S
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
4.70
9:39PM
4.63
10:03AM
4.30
10:30PM
4.27
11:06AM
3.97
11:49PM
4.02
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
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:04-------8:05-------8:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1----4
Temp. °C14141413151312119910988887668991010
Feels °C (?)1312131014121186552-1-2-1231-111113
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