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Porthmeor surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 GMT
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Porthmeor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porthmeor sea temperature is
10.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porthmeor today?

The current surf forecast for Porthmeor at 9PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)--
Afternoon (28 Jan)16ft (5.0m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
3
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
7
WSW
7.5
WSW
7
WSW
7
W
6.5
W
6.5
WSW
6
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
W
5.5
WSW
6
WSW
Period(s) (?)171716161616151414131312121919181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15204152951021594388178882863135107531720223113278442043333238598325402976625319233302001918493143921457717719
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
30
SSE
20
SSE
45
NW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
4.66
1:04AM
4.68
1:45PM
4.73
2:22AM
4.94
2:57PM
5.01
3:26AM
5.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
1.58
7:40AM
1.51
8:20PM
1.43
9:00AM
1.20
9:29PM
1.09
10:02AM
0.79
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise------8:00-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset5:07-------5:08-------5:10-------
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1-11-11-31-11-4311111111
Temp. °C10999989101099999810798899910
Feels °C (?)3010214222210225-30-2-11213
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