Flood Alert Issued for South Cornwall Coast
Areazine synthesizes this Environment Agency flood warning directly from Environment Agency's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
Environment Agency issues flood alert for South Cornwall coast due to high tides on Sunday evening.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flood Alert
- Affected area
- South Cornwall
- Issued
- August 29, 2026
- Issuing authority
- Environment Agency
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: publication date is recent, but current status is not stored on this page. Check the issuing agency's live warning service before acting because warnings can be updated, narrowed, or cancelled.
Alert Details
Flood alert issued by the Environment Agency. Severity: Flood alert (level 3). Alert raised at 2026-08-29T12:14:04.
Affected Areas
South Cornwall coast from Lizard Point to Gribbin Head excluding the Tidal Fal Estuary, in Cornwall. Areas at risk include Cadgwith, Coverack, Porthallow, the tidal Helford Estuary, Maenporth, Swanpool, St Mawes, East Portholland, Gorran Haven, Portmellon, Mevagissey, Pentewan and Par.
What You Should Do
Avoid coastal roads, footpaths and carparks which may be flooded. The Environment Agency is closely monitoring the situation.
Expected Conditions
High tide at Falmouth at 19:26 on 30 August. Forecast total high tide level is 2.7m AOD with tides 300-310mm over tide table level. Force 6 SW winds and wave heights over 2m expected.
Timeline
Flooding possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Sunday evening 30 August 2026. Coastal conditions should ease by Monday morning's high tide. Message to be updated by 1:00PM on 31 August 2026 or as the situation changes.
Original source: Environment Agency Official Notice ↗
Related Flood Warnings
All Flood Warnings →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this Environment Agency flood warning: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,034 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to August 29, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this Environment Agency flood warning.