Polzeath surf break

Polzeath surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Polzeath today?

The current surf forecast for Polzeath at 5PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s
Afternoon (22 Jan)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
0
0
2
3
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
4
0
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.4
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)161515141414131318171716161615151515151616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)755978366876512439922805167913391124584776236194564449634372465763656691639573708144793858054168
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
25
WNW
30
W
15
SW
15
SE
40
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
45
SE
60
ESE
70
ESE
60
SE
40
SSE
60
S
50
S
45
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
30
W
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
6.87
7:51PM
6.55
8:09AM
6.81
8:29PM
6.44
8:48AM
6.63
9:11PM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.52
2:00AM
0.60
2:24PM
0.61
2:37AM
0.75
3:03PM
0.80
3:18AM
0.99
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise8:07-------8:07-------8:06-------
Sunset--4:53-------4:54-------4:57-----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
141--133--5621--321----2
Temp. °C989878877778988787988866
Feels °C (?)72342-110-3-6-8-50-5-3-310331411
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