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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 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
10.9° 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 5AM is: 3.5m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
!
!
!
!
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1.8
W
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
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)11191817171616151414161514141313121211111111610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2742371599580408480660752833700304227472756224918091363986822574464357338466705290763
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
25
SE
15
SE
5
WNW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NW
5
NW
15
W
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
5.37
8:44AM
5.09
9:00PM
5.02
9:20AM
4.70
9:39PM
4.63
10:03AM
4.30
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
Sunrise---6:46-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset-------8:01-------8:04-------8:05
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212111112141413131313131314151312111099988
Feels °C (?)4432489111312121111121411108853100
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