Maenporth surf break

Maenporth surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Maenporth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Maenporth sea temperature is
10.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Maenporth today?

The current surf forecast for Maenporth at 7AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
WSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
1.9
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)15141414131313123444441313442144171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6498554944443558284624021905143746111310103535744233000
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
NNW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
S
15
SSE
20
SE
15
S
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
4.42
4:30PM
4.25
4:52AM
4.60
5:09PM
4.42
5:29AM
4.77
5:45PM
4.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00AM
1.52
11:09PM
1.40
11:35AM
1.30
11:44PM
1.18
12:09PM
1.09
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:11-------8:11-------8:10-----
Sunset----4:47-------4:50-------4:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C888101099998899987788910998
Feels °C (?)333565556657887556676452
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