Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Breakwater-St Ives today (28 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives at 11PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) | 9s |
| Evening (28 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at The Breakwater-St Ives. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WSW on Sat night, strong winds from the W by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WNW 8 | WSW 6 | WNW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 5 | 218 | 170 | 6 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 1295 | 1852 | 1701 | 1207 | 826 | 617 | 559 | 512 | 542 | 751 | 979 | 1454 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 6:15PM5.85m | 6:32AM5.73m | 6:47PM6.04m | 7:04AM5.88m | 7:20PM6.12m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:39AM0.35m | 12:50PM0.32m | 1:11AM0.20m | 1:23PM0.23m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:10 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WSW 6 | WNW 7 | — | — | — | — | NNW 6 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | W 9 | — | — | — | S 7 |
| kJ | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 71 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 826 | 617 | 559 | 355 | — | — | — | 57 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SW 11 | SW 11 | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | S 5 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | — | — | SSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 9 |
| kJ | 197 | 218 | 170 | 131 | 85 | 342 | 741 | 1295 | 1852 | 1701 | 1207 | — | — | 101 | 512 | 542 | 751 | 979 | 1454 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 278 | 248 | 2 | 192 | 214 | 292 | 574 | 136 | 159 | 229 | 164 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 392 | 74 | 253 | 164 |
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