Watergate Bay surf break

Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
4
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)14141414141413121212111111117101014141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2407186716321663131510477475844803892952844576853729591022266824712265181715871215849
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
15
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
20
N
10
ENE
15
SE
25
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12PM
5.48
9:32AM
5.15
9:51PM
5.06
10:16AM
4.71
10:42PM
4.67
11:18AM
4.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
1.49
3:40PM
1.75
4:08AM
1.91
4:28PM
2.14
5:09AM
2.28
5:41PM
2.43
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:41-------6:39-------6:37----
Sunset-------8:01-------8:04-------8:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1413131313131412121099999988867899
Feels °C (?)131312121211131111765321102521-1-10
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