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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 16 Feb 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
10.1° C
 (Which is 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 11PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)18ft (5.5m)14s
Evening (16 Feb)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
2.4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
W
4
W
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313121212121111111111121212141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1026710039894079066274466335662833220915441019628112110111011798792102311039801462734879566096
Wind
(km/h)
50
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
25
NNW
15
N
15
E
25
SE
30
ESE
40
ESE
55
ESE
45
ESE
45
E
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
E
45
ESE
20
ESE
15
SSE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
N
30
N
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
5.29
5:00AM
5.68
5:17PM
5.61
5:33AM
5.99
5:51PM
5.85
6:07AM
6.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.70
11:26AM
0.48
11:37PM
0.39
11:59AM
0.21
12:10AM
0.19
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------7:30-------7:28-------7:26-
Sunset5:39-------5:42-------5:44-------
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cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999987666667667789987666
Feels °C (?)-2-100221-1-2-3-6-3-4-4-4-4-256510-1-1
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