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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides and forecast weather conditions over the next two days may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible over the high tides on the evening of Wednesday 5 November and morning of Thursday 6 November.
Communities most at risk include Perranporth, Porth, Mawgan Porth and Polzeath. Risk of spray and waves over-topping over low-lying areas.
High tide at St Ives on Wednesday evening is at 16:40 and at 05:01 on Thursday AM. Forecast total high tide level is 4.08mAOD on Wednesday PM and 4.02mAOD on Thursday AM.
Expect tide levels along the coast to be up to 0.5m above tide table level. Strong Force 5 south-easterly winds and offshore wave heights of up to 2.3m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions should ease by Thursday PM tide.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 12:00PM on 06 November 2025 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:57am, Wednesday 5th November 2025.
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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).
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