Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Chapel Porth today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Chapel Porth at 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Chapel Porth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu morning, severe gales from the NW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | W 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 10 | W 10 | W 12 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 461 | 424 | 298 | 1422 | 4999 | 8297 | 7868 | 6124 | 4892 | 4109 | 3341 | 3266 | 3422 | 2702 | 2034 | 1673 | 1127 | 655 | 1951 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 1:18PM4.34m | 2:04AM4.30m | 2:31PM4.66m | 3:03AM4.71m | 3:21PM5.11m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:56PM2.17m | 8:21AM2.12m | 8:58PM1.80m | 9:17AM1.71m | 9:45PM1.34m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Temp °C | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 12 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 |
| kJ | 461 | 424 | 298 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2034 | 1673 | 1127 | 614 | 446 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 4 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | W 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 12 | W 10 | W 10 | W 12 | W 12 | — | — | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 12 | 64 | 246 | 1422 | 4999 | 8297 | 7868 | 6124 | 4892 | 4109 | 3341 | 3266 | 3422 | 2702 | — | — | 234 | 655 | 1951 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 31 | 39 | 277 | 54 | 168 | 548 | 553 | 558 | 548 | 518 | 259 | 259 | 161 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 389 | 264 |
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