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Carbis Bay

★★★★★Small
Faces N high tide Offshore south Best swell north

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 2–3 ft and offshore.

Surf now0–1ft0.6 m at 12 s from the W, wind sea 0.1 m from the SE
Wind3mphSE · offshore · gusts 7
Tide 2.3mFalling · low 01:29 (2.0 m). Works high tide.

Live webcam

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
0 ft Swell W 13s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–3 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0–1 ft Swell W 9s Wind 14 mph ★★★★★
Wed
1–2 ft Swell W 11s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0–1 ft Swell W 12s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 0 0 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0
Swell 13s 12s 12s 11s 11s 4s 7s 7s 4s 5s 8s 8s 8s 8s 3s 6s 6s 6s 6s 9s 9s 10s 10s 10s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 9s
Wind mph 6 10 15 13 11 7 9 11 18 19 4 7 15 19 15 19 19 17 16 15 5 3 3 3 5 12 16 17 19 18
Tide m 5.2↑ 5.2↓ 2.8↓ 2.3↑ 4.6↑ 4.5↑ 5.3↓ 3.4↓ 2.4↑ 4.0↑ 3.9↑ 5.1↓ 4.0↓ 2.6↓ 3.4↑ 3.4↑ 4.7↑ 4.4↓ 3.0↓ 2.9↑ 3.0↑ 4.2↑ 4.7↓ 3.6↓ 2.7↓ 2.8↓ 3.5↑ 4.9↑ 4.2↓ 2.6↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Carbis Bay faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at St. Ives above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Tuesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Carbis Bay faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NW round to NE; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWSE
W
0.6 m at 12 s (swell) · 20 % reaches the beach
SE
0.1 m at 2 s (wind sea) · 4 % reaches the beach

How Carbis Bay works

Swell
Best from the north.
Wind
Offshore is from the south; anything with north in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
go to carbis bay beach then look straight in front of you and bobs your uncle.

this break is a legend and only works propaly at high tide there is a sweet wedge and only for BODYBOARDERS because its shorey. the wedge is great for backflips and ARS when ure as good as triston because its is local so if you go there and you are a kook then he will have you so watch out

Tide times

  • Sat 01:29Low2.0 m
  • Sat 07:27High5.7 m
  • Sat 13:54Low2.1 m
  • Sat 19:46High5.3 m
  • Sun 02:05Low2.2 m
  • Sun 08:08High5.4 m
  • Sun 14:37Low2.3 m
  • Sun 20:29High5.0 m

St. Ives station, 2 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Morning Walk On Carbis Bay Beach, In Cornwall (50976449043) Sunrise at Carbis Bay Beach, Cornwall. Holder Of The G7 Summit In 2021. (Creative Commons by www.hedgehogdigital.co.uk). (50976430988)

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