Carbis Bay, Cornwall Weather
About Carbis Bay, Cornwall
Carbis Bay catches the pale, salt-thickened light that drifts inland from the Atlantic, illuminating the granite ribs of the Cornish coast. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of St Ives (from St Ives: bearing 152°T, OS grid SW 527 384), and is situated east of Halsetown village. The land here slopes toward the sea, carved by the Carbis Bay Stream as it makes its quiet, persistent journey toward the tide. To the east, the expansive reach of Porth Kidney Sands offers a vast, golden threshold where the wind shapes the dunes into shifting, ephemeral ridges. High above the water, the silhouette of Knill’s Monument stands as a solitary sentinel, watching over the granite-strewn hills that have defined this geography for centuries. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a reminder that the deep waters of the Celtic Sea are never truly distant from the gardens and homes of Carbis Bay. Life follows the rhythm of the rising and falling surf, a steady pulse that defines the character of the coastline. These slopes offer a vantage point where the horizon feels impossibly wide, turning the sky into a grand, changing canvas of bruised purples and brilliant, piercing blues.
Flight conditions near Carbis Bay. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Carbis Bay and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Carbis Bay, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Carbis Bay includes coordinates 50.194017, -5.466253, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Carbis Bay is available on the Carbis Bay map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.