Watergate Bay surf break

Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 19 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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 7PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212131212121212111111111010131212121111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5643773192652431871801371329188865955538687192179173186140195142
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
NE
10
E
5
ENE
0
NE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
6.74
5:52AM
7.05
6:12PM
6.93
6:29AM
7.10
6:48PM
6.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
0.02
11:51PM
0.01
12:12PM
-0.14
12:27AM
-0.11
12:47PM
-0.12
1:04AM
-0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---6:30-------6:31-------6:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C912131110111010101213121110109101212109988
Feels °C (?)4686576668111087867101186765
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