Shore Surf

Live Conditions

Live ocean and weather observations from the waters around Cornwall, giving you a clearer picture of what is happening offshore and what may be arriving on our beaches.

Perranporth
Buoy

— ft
Live offshore wave height
Period
— s
Direction
—
Max Wave
— ft
Sea Temp
— °C
Southwest Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme

Seven Stones

— ft
Offshore wave height
Period
— s
Sea Temp
— °C
Air Temp
— °C
Visibility
— nm
Met Office marine observations · Light Vessel

St Ives Bay
Weather

— °C
Current temperature
Wind
— mph
Gusts
— mph
Direction
—
Rain
— mm
Open-Meteo · Current conditions

Where are we
reading from?

These observations come from offshore monitoring stations rather than the beach itself. The map shows where the Perranporth wave buoy and Seven Stones light vessel sit in relation to Cornwall and St Ives Bay.

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Live offshore observation
Location / surf area

Perranporth Buoy

The Perranporth wave buoy sits offshore on the north Cornwall coast. It provides live measurements of wave height, wave period and wave direction, giving an indication of the swell arriving towards the north Cornish coast.

Seven Stones

Seven Stones is a light vessel positioned offshore to the west of Cornwall. Its marine observations give us another useful view of the conditions further out in the Atlantic, including wave height and period.