Perranporth surf break

Perranporth surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 GMT
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Perranporth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Perranporth sea temperature is
10.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Perranporth today?

The current surf forecast for Perranporth at 9AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
1.6
W
2.2
W
3
W
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212131313131212121212121212121111111167888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19514531730322221520219519520225625224423622821320215811420044794013021468
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
35
SW
45
WSW
40
W
40
WNW
45
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
6.77
7:22PM
6.56
7:43AM
6.42
8:04PM
6.19
8:29AM
5.92
8:52PM
5.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
0.08
1:39AM
0.20
2:01PM
0.46
2:23AM
0.61
2:46PM
0.96
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:15-----
Sunset-----6:35-------6:37-------6:38--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C99910999989911111099991011121198
Feels °C (?)65565456577997655444430-3
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