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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides today may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Saturday 29th August evening and Sunday 30th August evening.
Areas particularly at risk include low lying areas including Fore Street, Town Quay, Albert Quay and Caffa Mill Car park at Fowey, Quay Street and Recreation ground at Lostwithiel, Polperro Harbour, Quay Road and The Quay at Looe and the B3247 at Seaton.
The high tide at Plymouth is at 19:36 and on Sunday at 20:09, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 2.6mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be between 0.2 and 0.3 metres above tide table level. Force 6 Westerly winds and offshore wave heights of over 2.9m are forecast over the high tide.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal carparks, which may be flooded .
This message will be updated by 11:00AM on 31 August 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 12:05pm, Saturday 29th August.
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Flood alert
Sat 29 Aug 2026, 12:05pm
Warning no longer in force
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Thu 16 Jul 2026, 10:57am
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Sun 5 Apr 2026, 12:51pm
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Sat 4 Apr 2026, 10:57am
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Mon 2 Mar 2026, 10:32am
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Sun 1 Mar 2026, 11:14am
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Wed 18 Feb 2026, 2:47pm
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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.