The Breakwater-St Ives Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.22° N 5.48° W

The Breakwater-St Ives 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Breakwater-St Ives sea temperature is
17.6°C
0.9° 

The Breakwater-St Ives surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Breakwater-St Ives today (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives at 2PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (30 Aug)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (30 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
9
1.8
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
8
2.3
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
9
3
W
9
3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
10
2.5
W
10
2.3
W
10
2
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.3
W
9
1.2
W
9
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
8
1
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
573
460
475
545
713
935
1437
1622
1655
1594
1536
1229
998
738
535
408
282
230
189
153
146
137
134
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
40
SW
35
W
35
W
30
W
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:04AM5.88m
7:20PM6.12m
7:37AM5.93m
7:54PM6.08m
8:12AM5.86m
8:31PM5.90m
Low Tide
1:11AM0.20m
1:23PM0.23m
1:43AM0.18m
1:56PM0.26m
2:17AM0.29m
2:31PM0.40m
clear
clear
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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part cloud
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clear
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:33
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:10
8:08
8:07
 mm
4
2
2
1
Temp °C
17
17
18
17
18
17
16
17
16
16
15
16
16
17
17
16
16
16
17
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
14
14
13
12
13
10
10
11
12
10
9
11
11
15
15
14
14
14
15
16
16
16
16
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