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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Flooding is possible over the high tide on Friday evening. High water at Padstow is at 6:43pm, times of high water will vary along the coast.
Spring tides peak on Friday evening and are forecast to cause flooding between 5:43pm and 7:43pm.
Locations particularly at risk include low lying coastal communities. Do not walk or drive through flood water.
Tide levels are lower for Saturday’s high tides, however, flooding to low lying land and roads is still possible and a flood alert remains in force.
Unsettled weather conditions are expected to cause further flooding over Sunday morning’s high tide; flood warnings will be issued where required.
We are monitoring the situation and will update this information by midday on Saturday, or sooner if the situation changes.
Detailed tidal information; The forecast high tide level at Padstow is 4.45m AOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be between 0.2 and 0.3m above tide table level. Force 6 southerly winds and offshore wave heights of over 2m are forecast over the high tide.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:54am, Friday 18th October 2024.
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Warning no longer in force
Sun 7 Dec 2025, 11:16am
Flood alert
Sat 6 Dec 2025, 12:48pm
Flood alert
Fri 5 Dec 2025, 11:12am
Warning no longer in force
Thu 6 Nov 2025, 11:09am
Flood alert
Wed 5 Nov 2025, 11:57am
Warning no longer in force
Mon 21 Oct 2024, 10:47am
Flood alert
Sun 20 Oct 2024, 12:15pm
Flood alert
Sat 19 Oct 2024, 12:23pm
Flood alert
Fri 18 Oct 2024, 11:54am
Warning no longer in force
Thu 11 Apr 2024, 10:08am
Chapel Porth to The Rumps including Trevaunance Cove, Perranporth, Newquay, Porth, Mawgan Porth and Polzeath, excluding the tidal Camel Estuary
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 Chapel Porth to The Rumps excluding the tidal Camel Estuary.
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).
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.