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Watergate Bay surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 25 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
9.8° 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 8PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
Afternoon (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (25 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
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5
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
W
1.9
W
2.5
W
4.5
SW
6.5
WSW
6
W
6
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)171616151413131212121211121215111313131314171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)917993017277527840532920220617641412139610189949761074305346641380611616119001014510201131071373112710
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
S
40
S
45
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SW
35
SW
30
S
35
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
5.63
10:08AM
5.65
10:40PM
5.33
11:12AM
5.30
11:51PM
5.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
1.04
3:56AM
1.25
4:29PM
1.36
4:57AM
1.55
5:38PM
1.65
6:17AM
1.74
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------8:03-------8:02-------8:00-
Sunset5:00-------5:00-------5:02-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------4883-1--111111--
Temp. °C98767889910101212107887688899
Feels °C (?)75512331022451-3-3-2-1-101110
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