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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible over the morning high tide at 06:44 on Wednesday 04 February 2026.
Areas particularly at risk include exposed coastal locations including St Ives Harbour, Portreath Harbour and the Causeway at Hayle.
The high tide at St Ives on Wednesday is at 06:44, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 3.94mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be up to 0.45 metres above tide table level. Force 3 - 5 SE winds and offshore wave heights of up to 2.7m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions should ease for Wednesday evening's high tide.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 3:00PM on 04 February 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:47am, Tuesday 3rd February.
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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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