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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides, strong winds and large waves over the next two days may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible over high tides from the evening of Friday 5th December to the evening of Saturday 6th December.
Low lying coastal roads, promenades, car parks and harbours may be flooded.
High tide at St Ives on Friday evening is at 17:10 and on Saturday morning at 05:32, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide levels are 3.81mAOD and 3.78mAOD respectively. Expect tide levels along the coast to be 0.4 to 0.5m above tide table level. Strong force 7 westerly winds and offshore wave heights of up to 6.0m are forecast.
The high tide of most concern is Saturday morning, and flood warnings maybe issued.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 2:00PM on 06 December 2025 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:08am, Friday 5th December 2025.
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Lands End to Chapel Porth including Sennen, St Ives, Carbis Bay, Lelant, Hayle, Portreath and Porthtowan
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Cornwall
Watercourses covered: North Cornwall Coast
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for North Cornwall coast from Lands End to Chapel Porth.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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