Polzeath surf break

Polzeath surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 30 Aug 2025 BST
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Polzeath surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Polzeath sea temperature is
17.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Polzeath today?

The current surf forecast for Polzeath at 7AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Aug)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (30 Aug)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tue
02
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
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.9
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)1010998991011121213131313121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8306004619617781131143731304358647244294719822248294279638759953919442747494080310625381764
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
20
SW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
5.53
10:36PM
5.30
10:58AM
5.10
11:25PM
4.85
11:58AM
4.71
12:41AM
4.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
1.57
4:23PM
1.75
4:44AM
2.00
5:09PM
2.19
5:38AM
2.41
6:20PM
2.55
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise-6:28-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:07-------8:05--
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---221---1-1-1-11242111-
Temp. °C161518181817161616151717171616161615161617161514
Feels °C (?)141313131211109109101091011111299911101111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Polzeath (light winds from the SSW at Newquay Airport 17 km from Polzeath). 1.9m 10s swell from the W with a 0.9m 5s windswell, also from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
SSW
0.0
17.4
Air / Water (°C)
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