Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Polzeath today (21 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 10s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Polzeath at 3AM is: 4.5m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | 18ft (5.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 15ft (4.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Polzeath. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu morning, severe gales from the WNW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | W 12 | W 13 | WSW 7 | W 9 | W 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | WSW 11 | SSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 290 | 243 | 209 | 392 | 3178 | 6653 | 6826 | 5296 | 3722 | 2777 | 1776 | 1968 | 1847 | 1684 | 1406 | 1168 | 1048 | 1046 | 527 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross |
High Tide | 1:35PM4.72m | 2:21AM4.67m | 2:49PM5.06m | 3:21AM5.12m | 3:41PM5.54m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:14PM2.40m | 8:39AM2.33m | 9:16PM1.98m | 9:35AM1.88m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | |  | | | |  |  | |  |  | |  | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Temp °C | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Feels °C | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 12 | W 12 | W 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 7 | N 7 | N 6 | NNW 6 | W 10 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 | W 11 |
| kJ | 290 | 243 | 209 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 52 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 1406 | 1168 | 1048 | 695 | 396 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | W 9 | W 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | — | — | WSW 11 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 17 | 92 | 392 | 3178 | 6653 | 6826 | 5296 | 3722 | 2777 | 1776 | 1968 | 1847 | 1684 | — | — | — | 1046 | 527 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 8 | 2 | 264 | 17 | 131 | 510 | 520 | 520 | 510 | 505 | 258 | 258 | 128 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 179 | 393 | 264 |
Best forecast wave conditions in North Cornwall | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Polzeath surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest