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Porthmeor surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 21 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
10.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porthmeor today?

The current surf forecast for Porthmeor at 12PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
2
3
3
4
4
3
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
0
2
2
!
!
!
!
!
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2
WSW
4
WSW
5
WSW
6
WSW
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.2
W
3
SSW
6.5
SW
8.5
SW
8
SW
6
SW
7
SW
6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313131391010161618161615151414149181717181617
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2948216615371121135215761514197290761493516996136971118477285493307218951254250884137734705230892522019884
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
45
SE
35
S
25
S
30
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
10
S
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
20
SSW
30
SSE
55
SE
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
S
50
S
50
SSE
55
SSE
60
SE
65
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
5.85
6:47PM
5.60
7:04AM
5.90
7:23PM
5.59
7:40AM
5.84
8:01PM
5.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
0.52
12:57PM
0.45
1:07AM
0.47
1:31PM
0.44
1:42AM
0.52
2:07PM
0.51
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--8:10-------8:08-------8:07-----
Sunset----4:55-------4:57-------4:59---
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1313-111-34----3211112-3
Temp. °C8911111010999989988887777776
Feels °C (?)104646546413231-3-1-2-3-4-4-5-6-7
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