Watergate Bay surf break

Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Watergate Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Watergate Bay at 2AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)7ft (2.2m)6s
Evening (09 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.6
W
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
W
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)1312121211111111681013141414141413131312121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74758448038929528423159537164010212792261022342012172912338496084371346145520692843
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
30
W
30
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
30
NNW
15
N
10
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
35
SSW
25
NNW
10
NNW
30
WNW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
5.06
10:16AM
4.71
10:42PM
4.67
11:18AM
4.35
12:00AM
4.41
12:52PM
4.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
1.75
4:08AM
1.91
4:28PM
2.14
5:09AM
2.28
5:41PM
2.43
6:42AM
2.44
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:37-------6:35--
Sunset-8:01-------8:04-------8:05------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------2522-
Temp. °C1513131110910999987777899107559
Feels °C (?)1312128865201203300000311-3-2
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