What is the surf like at Praa Sands today?

This morning at Praa Sands: 0.7ft swell, cloud, 16°, 3kt NNE. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Praa Sands surf forecast for the week?

Praa Sands this week: Flat now. Best looking Sun 27: poor, 3.0ft.

How is the Praa Sands surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on a three-hour cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Praa Sands for wrap, wind and the usual tide window. The number at the top is this hour. Later week cards are the best hour of that day. Height is the swell that makes the beach, not the raw model.

Praa Sands

Today · Tue 22 Sept · 04:20

Quality

Flat

Swell

0.7ft

Tide

14:5308:46

Weather

16°3kt NNE

6-day surf report

Updated Tue 22 Sept 04:20

Porthleven

Now · Tue 22

Flat

0.7ft

14–19°3kt NNE

14:5308:46

Wed 23

Flat

0.7ft

10s

11–18°11kt N

15:4109:42

Thu 24

Flat

0.6ft

10s

10–19°4kt NE

16:2010:27

Fri 25

Flat

1.1ft

11s

11–19°11kt N

16:5511:06

Sat 26

Flat

0.9ft

10s

8–18°7kt NNW

17:2811:44

Sun 27

Poor

3.0ft

7–17°7kt SSW

18:0312:21

The beach

Praa Sands

Praa Sands sits on the South Coast run. Swell, wind and tide for this beach and the neighbours, so you can pick a peak before you leave the car park. Today is cloud, 16°, 3kt NNE.

South-facing beach that picks up wrap the north coast never sees, especially on a south swell or storm.

Best on a pushing tide with a north wind. Can get dumpy on a short-period south-west.

Faces S. Best swell S–WSW. Level: all. Crowd: average.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Praa Sands

Parking

Car parks sit at the western end of the strand, next to the main access.

Hire & lessons

Global Boarders run surf hire and private lessons from Praa Sands, April–October, 10am–4pm, advance booking. Hire is collected from their Praa base; they also mention Sunset Surf Cafe as a door-to-door hire base.

Global Boarders

Vibe

Global Boarders coach beginner to improver private lessons on this beach. Met Office treats Praa Sands West as a high-rip beach, so this is not sold here as a quiet learner pond.

Access & hazards

Met Office Praa Sands West (Beach): high risk of rips; “Take care in the water.” RNLI South Cornwall (16 July 2026): Praa Sands is on the daily 10am–6pm peak-summer lifeguard desk. No flags means no lifeguards.

Sources Global Boarders Praa Sands · Met Office Praa Sands West · RNLI South Cornwall lifeguards 2026

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