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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 19 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
10.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Breakwater-St Ives today?

The current surf forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives at 7AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111101313121212121212131414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)314244192189140125898685556096205258186250258271294413395307361273
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
SE
0
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglassglassoncross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
6.40
5:59PM
6.28
6:17AM
6.45
6:36PM
6.29
6:55AM
6.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
-0.01
12:04PM
-0.15
12:19AM
-0.10
12:40PM
-0.12
12:57AM
-0.03
1:18PM
0.08
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:20---
Sunset-------6:32-------6:35-------6:37
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1011101010111211111010910111110999910101110
Feels °C (?)575666788776788878877677
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