Maenporth surf break

Maenporth surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 21 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
10.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Maenporth today?

The current surf forecast for Maenporth at 8AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.4
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3
WSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
4
SW
7.5
WSW
7.5
SW
8
SW
7
SSW
6
SW
Period(s) (?)988910101010161716161514141489181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)726771100913652040188316671664663610874124791290310895796956933247866161194643229431953317042506117608
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
45
SE
35
S
40
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
10
SSE
10
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
15
SW
25
SSE
55
SE
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
45
S
45
SSE
50
SSE
60
SE
65
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
5.02
6:52PM
4.76
7:09AM
5.09
7:26PM
4.78
7:45AM
5.10
8:04PM
4.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.87
1:17PM
0.80
1:28AM
0.80
1:52PM
0.75
2:04AM
0.81
2:30PM
0.78
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--8:07-------8:07-------8:06-----
Sunset----4:53-------4:55-------4:58---
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
15221111-171---311111212
Temp. °C810111110101099989988887787776
Feels °C (?)114345546623241-4-1-2-2-2-4-4-6-7
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