Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast

/ Cornwall (South) (25 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.03° N 5.27° W)

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Poldhu Cove surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 11 Aug 2025 BST

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Poldhu Cove surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Poldhu Cove sea temperature is 62.8°F
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Poldhu Cove today?

The current surf forecast for Poldhu Cove at 3AM is: 3ft 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1ft 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 11). An open ocean swell of 1ft 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (11 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	13s

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

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		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	W	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	213	234	220	227	250	278	299	308	357	280	247	283	255	245	241	227	167	165	127	126	111	83	89	165
Wind (mph)	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	SE	S	SW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (ft)				6:46AM 15.32					7:04PM 16.47				7:24AM 15.58				7:42PM 16.54				8:04AM 15.52
Low Tide / height (ft)			1:16AM 0.16				1:29PM 0.26				1:54AM -0.16				2:08PM 0.16				2:34AM -0.1				2:48PM 0.43

		Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44

Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	64	63	63	63	64	66	66	68	64	66	64	64	66	66	68	66	64	64	64	64	66	66	66	64
Feels °F (?)	61	57	57	57	55	61	59	61	57	63	61	63	64	66	66	64	61	63	63	66	64	63	63	59

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Poldhu Cove (moderate winds from the ENE at Culdrose Airport 2 miles from Poldhu Cove). 3ft 10s swell from the WNW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Poldhu Cove

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