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Flooding expected. Take action now.
High tides and forecast weather conditions are expected to cause flooding tomorrow morning.
Flooding is expected 2 hours either side of high tide on Friday morning.
Areas particularly at risk include Millbrook, Saltash, Cargreen, Halton Quay, Calstock, Ferry Road and Embankment Road (Plymouth), Marsh Mills (Marsh Close), and Noss Mayo.
The high tide at Plymouth is at 8:24am on Friday, times of high water will vary along the coast. Forecast total high tide level is 3.00mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be up to 0.8m above tide table level. Force 7 South Easterly winds and offshore wave heights of up to 3.0m are forecast.
Coastal conditions should ease for Friday evening's high tide, though flood alerts may remain in force.
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 3:16pm, Thursday 22nd January.
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Warning no longer in force
Thu 5 Feb 2026, 12:53pm
Flood warning
Wed 4 Feb 2026, 2:54pm
Flood warning
Tue 3 Feb 2026, 12:01pm
Flood warning
Mon 2 Feb 2026, 2:02pm
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Sat 24 Jan 2026, 11:45am
Flood warning
Fri 23 Jan 2026, 3:54pm
Flood warning
Fri 23 Jan 2026, 12:08pm
Flood warning
Thu 22 Jan 2026, 3:16pm
Warning no longer in force
Tue 9 Dec 2025, 11:02am
Flood warning
Mon 8 Dec 2025, 3:56pm
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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