This is an archived message. The status has changed more recently.
Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Flooding is possible over the high tides on Saturday evening and Sunday morning due to high spring tides and forecast strong winds and waves on Sunday.
High water at St Ives is at 7:15pm on Saturday evening and 7:34am on Sunday morning, times of high water vary along the coast, flooding is possible up to 1 hour either side of high tide.
Flooding to low lying coastal land and roads is possible on Saturday evening. On Sunday Morning exposed coastal communities are more at risk due to forecast wind and wave conditions, flood warnings may be issued.
Conditions will ease for Sunday evening’s tide, however minor flooding is still possible.
Do not walk or drive through flood water or waves.
We are monitoring the situation and will update this information by 11am on Sunday morning or if the situation changes.
St Ives Forecast tidal information:
Saturday: tide level 4.08m AOD, 0.25m above tide table level. Force 4 south-westerly winds, offshore wave heights up to 2.9m.
Sunday: tide level 4.13m AOD, 0.51m above tide table level. Force 7 southerly winds, offshore wave heights up to 2.8m.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:23pm, Saturday 19th October 2024.
This page is a dedicated URL for a specific message issued at a particular time. You should not bookmark this page, as the current situation may have changed since this message was issued.
Warning no longer in force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Warning no longer in force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Warning no longer in force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Warning no longer in force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.