Mounts Bay (Penzance) Surf and Wind Quality by Season (Cornwall South, UK)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Mounts Bay (Penzance), broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Mounts Bay (Penzance) Swell and Wind Distribution

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The rose diagram shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different dire... (show all text)

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You can also compare this with Mounts Bay (Penzance) swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Mounts Bay (Penzance) surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Mounts Bay (Penzance) surf quality by month.