Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Tuesday morning.
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 06:03, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 2.74mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be between 0.30 and 0.40 metres above tide table level. Storm force 6 SW winds and offshore wave heights of over 3.90m are forecast over the high tide.
Coastal conditions should ease for Tuesday evening.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks, which may be flooded.
This message will be updated by 1:00PM on Tuesday 27 October or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
Message issued at 12:30pm, Monday 26th October 2026.
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Mon 26 Oct 2026, 12:30pm
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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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