Pentewan surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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Pentewan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pentewan sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pentewan today?

The current surf forecast for Pentewan at 8AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)5666666666555555610101010101016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)991231361591641271009062474239373936241111289685163615
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
3.31
2:50PM
3.55
3:40AM
3.46
4:03PM
3.78
4:40AM
3.71
4:54PM
4.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
1.48
9:29PM
1.24
9:57AM
1.21
10:33PM
0.88
10:52AM
0.85
11:19PM
0.54
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset-----7:29-------7:27-------7:24--
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C151516171717171717171718181716161615161717171616
Feels °C (?)8911131315141514141415151615151514151515161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Pentewan (fresh winds from the SSW at Newquay Airport 22 km from Pentewan). A 1.9m windswell from the SW

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22 km away, 1 h 22 min ago

33 km/h
SSW
0.0
16.2
Air / Water (°C)
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