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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides and forecast weather conditions over the next three days may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Thursday evening and Friday morning.
Areas at risk include Fowey, Town Quay, Albert Quay and Caffa Mill Car park. Quay Street and Recreation ground in Lostwithiel. Polperro Harbour, Looe, Millendreath and Seaton.
High tide at Plymouth is at 8:11pm on Thursday and 8:24am on Friday, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 2.36mAOD and 2.99mAOD respectively. Expect tide levels to be between 0.4m & 0.7m above tide table level. Offshore wave heights of around 3.0m are forecast with Force 3 South Westerly and Force 6 South Easterly winds respectively. Further alerts and warnings may be issued.
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 23 January 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:19pm, Thursday 22nd January.
Gribbin Head to Rame Head including Fowey, Golant, Lostwithiel, Lerryn, Polruan, Polperro, Looe and the Looe Rivers and Seaton
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Cornwall
Watercourses covered: South Cornwall Coast
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for South Cornwall coast from Gribbin Head to Rame Head.
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.