Penhale surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 BST
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Penhale surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Penhale sea temperature is
10.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Penhale today?

The current surf forecast for Penhale at 2PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (31 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)141313131313121212121212121212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14701074943812799669519511503425425418486550628687759757611505432347284233
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
NNW
30
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
6.12
5:24PM
6.08
5:40AM
6.42
5:59PM
6.35
6:15AM
6.59
6:32PM
6.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
0.60
11:43PM
0.60
12:04PM
0.37
12:17AM
0.39
12:36PM
0.27
12:49AM
0.30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:00------6:58-------6:56------
Sunset-----7:50-------7:51-------7:52--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11121211119998910111111101076677789
Feels °C (?)7910875443567666500133344
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