Maenporth surf break

Maenporth surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
16.2° 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: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121111111010101010101010109999996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37140258021551763162813161134910800768756772678612482399375322300294243243170
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
20
SE
20
S
20
SE
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
3.99
3:57PM
4.43
4:37AM
4.20
4:50PM
4.69
5:19AM
4.41
5:30PM
4.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38PM
1.65
10:01AM
1.74
10:41PM
1.33
10:56AM
1.40
11:28PM
1.04
11:40AM
1.10
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:58--------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:28-------7:25-------7:23
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717181718181717161616161717171615151516171717
Feels °C (?)131414151314151515141515141415171614141414141511
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Maenporth (moderate winds from the SSW at Culdrose Airport 14 km from Maenporth). A 2.1m local chop from the SW is too big for here

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1 h 36 min ago

26 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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