Plymouth Sound, Wembury Bay and tidal estuaries Flood warning 3:54pm, Friday 23rd January

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Flood warning

High tides are expected to cause flooding this evening.
Flooding is expected 2 hours either side of high tide on the evening of Friday 23 January 2026.
Property flooding is expected.
Areas particularly at risk include Millbrook, Saltash, Cargreen, Halton Quay, Calstock, Ferry Road and Embankment Road (Plymouth), Marsh Mills (Marsh Close), and Noss Mayo.
High tide at Plymouth is at 8:47PM on Friday, times of high water will vary along the coast. The forecast total high tide level is 2.80mAOD. Expect tide levels along the coast to be up to 0.9m above tide table level. Offshore wave heights of around 6.0m are forecast with Force 7 South Easterly winds. A flood alert is also in force for this area.

Information supplied by the Environment Agency

This information last updated 3:54pm, Friday 23rd January.

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Flood Warning Area Details

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

Area covered by this alert location

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).