Porth Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 BST
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Porth Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porth Beach sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Porth Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Porth Beach at 12PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s

Table - waves today at Porth Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)910910101010111010101112111111101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)87894611041250153816181546136212421254126912461562155913441188917694610472398335284242
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
20
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
S
15
SSW
20
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09AM
4.29
2:52PM
4.53
3:27AM
4.64
3:54PM
5.02
4:20AM
5.14
4:40PM
5.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
2.37
9:23PM
2.15
9:49AM
1.96
10:20PM
1.65
10:38AM
1.44
11:03PM
1.10
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise-6:35-------6:37-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:00-------7:59-------7:57--
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
43-1-1111044-11----1-----
Temp. °C171617171716161413131517171616161616161717171615
Feels °C (?)12141312111012111091313121112121314131514141311
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off winds at Fistral-North are now cross-shore so expect speed-bumps in the surf (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 190 to 250 degs) at Newquay Airport 8 km from Fistral-North). 2.2m 10s swell from the WSW with a 0.7m 14s groundswell from the WNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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1 h 27 min ago

17 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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