Mawgan Porth surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 GMT
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Mawgan Porth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mawgan Porth sea temperature is
9.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mawgan Porth today?

The current surf forecast for Mawgan Porth at 4PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
!
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
1.2
WNW
1.7
WNW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)111111101010101011101816161616161616151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4593893192522421961962123425438231540401034313103216119432610293034563762396436622817
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
0
SSW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
ESE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSE
35
SSE
60
SSE
40
S
20
WSW
20
S
25
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
5.72
5:33AM
6.06
5:51PM
5.95
6:08AM
6.29
6:25PM
6.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
1.04
11:32PM
0.93
11:55AM
0.79
12:07AM
0.71
12:30PM
0.61
12:41AM
0.58
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise8:11-------8:11-------8:10-------
Sunset--4:47-------4:50-------4:51-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11---11181--1--
Temp. °C7998898771098778997788887
Feels °C (?)58876643353412-1-31222-1022
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