Porthmeor Surf Forecast

/ Cornwall (North) (60 surf breaks) /

UK (473 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Porthmeor surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 BST

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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 15.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porthmeor today?

The current surf forecast for Porthmeor at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 18							Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	!
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	12	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	9	10	10	8	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	13	17	25	35	106	98	123	132	151	415	516	435	435	439	524	716	1569	2223	3937	7119	6145	4735	3491	2493
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:51AM 4.87					4:07PM 5.21				4:30AM 5.19				4:44PM 5.46				5:03AM 5.45				5:17PM 5.65
Low Tide / height (m)				10:11AM 1.15				10:36PM 0.85				10:50AM 0.87				11:10PM 0.64				11:23AM 0.66				11:41PM 0.51

	Saturday 18							Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue 21
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	17	2	-	-	1	-	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Feels °C (?)	9	7	7	7	5	6	5	7	9	8	12	11	11	10	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Porthmeor (fresh winds from the SE at Land's End Airport 18 km from Porthmeor). 0.3m 8s swell from the WSW with a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
57 minutes ago Porthmeor

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18 km away, 57 min ago

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