Watergate Bay surf break

Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 GMT
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Watergate Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Watergate Bay sea temperature is
10.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Watergate Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 10AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Watergate Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.5
WSW
1.8
W
3
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212111111107899910111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47303928272219771463994771588392318519108857716642088266726672715267625632517218618811756
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
W
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
S
35
S
50
S
60
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
5.44
10:22PM
5.04
10:47AM
5.04
11:18PM
4.76
11:48AM
4.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.43
4:20PM
1.56
4:37AM
1.79
5:10PM
1.89
5:35AM
2.07
6:11PM
2.12
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--8:18-------8:17-------8:17-----
Sunset----4:37-------4:37-------4:38---
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------1-1-----111---
Temp. °C88888889991112121311111111111111101010
Feels °C (?)-2-12354331025322235444566
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