Surf Forecasts:
The Breakwater-St Ives surf forecast from 19 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 23 Jul, 10AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, N swell with 69 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for The Breakwater-St Ives this week:
The most powerful waves expected at The Breakwater-St Ives in the next 16 days are 1.0m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 23) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 6s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 26) at 7PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Thu 23rd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for The Breakwater-St Ives over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let's be honest about this one. The Breakwater-St Ives is looking pretty flat and ugly for the bulk of the next couple of weeks. There’s a long stretch of dirty onshore wind and waves that are just too small to bother with. The water is 64°F, which is a touch warmer than usual, but that's the only good news. The wave energy is weak.
The first real chance, and it’s a slim one, isn’t until Saturday the 1st of August. The morning is your only shot. We’ve got a tiny 2ft swell from the WNW, but the wind is dead flat – glassy. It’ll be clean, but it’s weak, with the combined energy at 103. The swell period is 10 seconds, so there’s a little bit of shape, but you’ll be scratching for little runners. The crowds can be a problem, so you might bump into a few others on the same plan.
The rest of the window is a total washout. There’s a bump in size on the 2nd of August with 4ft to 4ft, but it’s straight onshore wind from the north at 15 mph, so it’s just going to be a messy, blown-out slop. Not worth the effort. A tough run, but that’s what we’ve got.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Wed morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Wed afternoon, light winds from the N by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | WNW 11 | N 6 | N 5 | WNW 10 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | N 4 | N 4 | W 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 8 | W 9 |
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 kJ | 21 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 59 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 62 | 53 | 58 | 69 | 52 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | on | cross-off | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 9:40PM5.61m | 10:04AM5.16m | 10:26PM5.20m | 10:51AM4.82m | 11:15PM4.79m | 11:45AM4.52m | 00:13AM4.44m | 12:48PM4.31m | 1:22AM4.24m | 1:59PM4.25m | 2:34AM4.22m | 3:07PM4.36m | 3:37AM4.37m | |||||||
Low Tide | 4:10AM0.75m | 4:25PM1.00m | 4:54AM1.14m | 5:12PM1.37m | 5:41AM1.51m | 6:05PM1.70m | 6:37AM1.81m | 7:09PM1.94m | 7:44AM1.98m | 8:24PM2.00m | 8:57AM1.96m | 9:35PM1.88m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
 | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:17 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:15 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
Feels °C | 19 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | W 9 | N 5 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | N 5 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | N 6 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | NW 4 | WNW 6 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 21 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 69 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 10 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | W 9 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 19 | SE 4 | W 8 | SW 18 | SW 18 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | S 16 | S 15 | — | SW 15 | SW 14 | — | — | SW 13 | W 10 | WNW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 |
| kJ | 15 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 3 | N 5 | E 4 | N 5 | N 6 | — | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | — | N 6 | N 5 | N 4 | N 4 | N 4 | — | NNW 4 | NW 4 |
| kJ | 1 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 59 | — | 36 | 34 | 62 | 53 | 58 | — | 52 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 4 | — | 7 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 289 | 376 | 21 | 21 | 376 | 30 | 15 | 364 | 364 | 576 | 98 | 5 | 21 | 48 | 385 | 807 | 406 | 878 | 319 | 739 |
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