Watergate Bay surf break

Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 08 Mar 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
10.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Watergate Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 2PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (08 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (08 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
0.8
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
0.9
W
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131312121212121212111010811111111799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1890170816841514133512581100957846762617594517408308288207143442434188423926854
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
6.11
8:10PM
5.87
8:27AM
5.65
8:43PM
5.44
9:03AM
5.16
9:21PM
4.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
0.67
2:06PM
0.90
2:21AM
1.06
2:36PM
1.32
2:54AM
1.49
3:11PM
1.77
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:46-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:14-------6:15--
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--------111----------13
Temp. °C999111111101010101110101098888101191011
Feels °C (?)8768887677107786544344123
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