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Doubtless the local surfers will be out later taking adavantage of a good wave down the back of the quay - better known as 'The Graveyard' - not for the feint-hearted!
Gale warnings - Issued: 1546 UTC Tue 04 Feb
Storm force 10 veering southwesterly soon
Shipping Forecast - Issued: 1625 UTC Tue 04 Feb
Wind - South veering southwest, gale 8 to storm 10. Sea State - High or very high, becoming phenomenal for a time. (On the Beaufort Scale - Force 12 - - 64 knots+ 33m/s+ Hurricane 14m+ - sea state 9 Phenomenal) Weather - Rain or squally showers. Visibility - Moderate or poor.
The French fishing boats Boree Al and the Iroise are both fishing on the edge of the 12 mile limit north of St Ives...
the weather with them, according to the AIS data is South Easterly Force 10 or 48.2 knots - this is not as bad as the weather in which the Le Sillon was damaged last weekend.