Polkerris Surf Forecast

/ Cornwall (South) (25 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Polkerris surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST

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

Today's Polkerris sea temperature is 16.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Polkerris today?

The current surf forecast for Polkerris at 9PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	4	11	6	6	6	6	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	5	5	11	11	10	11	11	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	56	27	24	18	267	115	131	159	146	138	206	164	138	129	94	53	48	47	45	44	43	117	90	89
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:15PM 3.46				2:16AM 3.29				2:54PM 3.52				3:46AM 3.44					4:10PM 3.76				4:48AM 3.69
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 1.43				8:38AM 1.50				9:31PM 1.26				9:59AM 1.23					10:34PM 0.90				10:53AM 0.87

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	17
Feels °C (?)	12	12	11	10	9	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

Wind Update Wind reports 18 km away suggest it is still onshore at Polkerris (light winds from the SSW at Cardinham). 0.6m 5s windswell from the SW with a 0.3m 8s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Polkerris

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18 km away, 1 h 26 min ago

11 km/h

SSW

0.0

16.5

Air / Water (°C)

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