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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides over the next three days may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible all high tides from Tuesday AM to Thursday AM inclusive.
Areas particularly at risk include exposed coastal areas of Plymouth Sound including Cawsand, Kingsand and The Hoe, Millbrook, and low lying areas on the Tidal Lynher, Tamar, Tavy, Plym and Yealm estuaries.
The high tide at Plymouth on Tuesday is at 06:43, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 3.03mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be between 0.4 and 0.53 metres above tide table level. Force 4 to 6 South Easterly winds and offshore wave heights of over 2.8m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions should ease by Thursday PM.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water .
This message will be updated by 3:00PM on 03 February 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 1:57pm, Monday 2nd February.
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Warning no longer in force
Thu 19 Feb 2026, 10:28am
Flood alert
Wed 18 Feb 2026, 2:47pm
Warning no longer in force
Fri 6 Feb 2026, 11:54am
Flood alert
Thu 5 Feb 2026, 1:57pm
Flood alert
Wed 4 Feb 2026, 3:19pm
Flood alert
Tue 3 Feb 2026, 11:55am
Flood alert
Mon 2 Feb 2026, 1:57pm
Warning no longer in force
Sat 24 Jan 2026, 12:22pm
Flood alert
Fri 23 Jan 2026, 12:52pm
Flood alert
Thu 22 Jan 2026, 1:12pm
Plymouth Sound including Cawsand, Kingsand, Millbrook, The Hoe, and the Tidal Lynher, Tamar, Tavy, Plym and Yealm estuaries
Region: Devon and Cornwall
Country: England
Counties covered: Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth
Watercourses covered: South Cornwall Coast
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Plymouth Sound, Wembury Bay and tidal estuaries.
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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