Chapel Porth surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Chapel Porth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chapel Porth sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chapel Porth today?

The current surf forecast for Chapel Porth at 9PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
WSW
3
W
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)11121313121212111111101010101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2669363335583642252721241778166513471080880856811821838742591502435370348287281127
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
4.84
3:25AM
4.85
3:51PM
5.25
4:20AM
5.26
4:39PM
5.68
5:02AM
5.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
1.60
9:52AM
1.56
10:25PM
1.19
10:43AM
1.14
11:09PM
0.82
11:22AM
0.79
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------7:00-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-7:30-------7:29-------7:27------
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part cloud
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171717171818171616161617181816151615151719
Feels °C (?)131414141413131314141414151515161615141514141617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Chapel Porth (moderate winds from the SW at Newquay Airport 22 km from Chapel Porth). A 2.9m groundswell from the W is too big for here

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22 km away, 2 h 2 min ago

28 km/h
SW
0.0
16.8
Air / Water (°C)
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