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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides and forecast weather conditions this evening may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible over the high tide on the evening of Wednesday 5 November.
Risk of spray and wave over-topping of quaysides, harbours and low lying land, roads and car parks. Communities most at risk include Port Quinn, Port Isaac, Port Gaverne and Bude.
The high tide at Padstow on Wednesday 5 November evening is at 16:52pm. The forecast total high tide level is 4.60mAOD. Times of high water will vary along the coast.
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 tides.
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 11:56am, Wednesday 5th November 2025.
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The Rumps to Hartland Point including Port Quinn, Port Isaac, Port Gaverne, Bude, Crooklets and Boscastle
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 The Rumps to Hartland Point.
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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