St Ives Bay, Cornwall
Surf and wave forecast for Godrevy and Gwithian beaches in St Ives Bay
Check the next seven days of wave height, period, direction and wind for Godrevy and Gwithian, with hourly detail and daily summaries.
About Surfing in St Ives Bay, Cornwall
St Ives Bay offers diverse surf experiences depending on your paddling spot. Porthmeor in St Ives, facing northwest into Atlantic swell, delivers punchy hollow peaks when sandbanks align, especially during mid to low tide.
In the main bay, the stretch from Hayle Estuary at the south end to Godrevy at the north consistently catches more swell due to its exposure and wider angle to the Atlantic. Here the waves are generally longer, open and larger. On days when Porthmeor is shoulder-high Gwithian can easily be overhead with size increasing as you move north towards Godrevy Head for a typical westerly swell.
St Ives Bay’s crescent shape provides numerous offshore wind options even in winter as long as the swells are big enough to get into what in summer are normally flat surf spots on the west side of the bay.
Godrevy surf outlook
7-day wave forecast
Hour-by-hour waves, period, wind and primary swell for Godrevy and Gwithian beaches in St Ives Bay.
Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysThere should be small to moderate, well-aligned surf, but it will be messy under mostly northerly cross-onshore winds. The model wave height is 2–3.1ft, with moderate-period swell around 8 seconds; it builds through the day but becomes windier and less clean.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysYes—there should be small surf, but it will be messy early as short-period, angled north swell meets cross-onshore winds. Late morning and afternoon should turn cleaner and remain small, with a better-aligned west swell, offshore winds and a model wave height near 2.2ft.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysThere should be small to moderate, clean surf early, with well-aligned WNW swell and light cross-offshore winds. It builds later, but stronger cross-onshore winds make it mixed and messier; model wave height rises from about 1.8ft to 2.2ft, not beach wave-face height.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysThere should be small to moderate waves, but they will be messy rather than clean because northerly winds are cross-onshore. Early waves look weaker and choppier; late, better-aligned WNW swell should bring more organised surf.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysGodrevy should have small to moderate, somewhat messy surf: the WNW swell is well aligned and around 10 seconds, but northerly cross-onshore winds will roughen it. Model wave height is about 3.5–4.3ft offshore, not breaking beach height.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysThere will be small to moderate, messy waves at Godrevy, largest early and easing later. The west swell is well aligned and around nine seconds, but northerly cross-onshore winds will keep conditions untidy.
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Godrevy Forecast Summary
Hog SaysA well-aligned W swell should produce small waves at Godrevy, but the northerly wind will make them messy rather than clean; the model offshore wave height is around 1–1.3 ft. Conditions may become slightly more disorganised later as the wind turns north-west and remains onshore.
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