Porthmeor surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porthmeor today?

The current surf forecast for Porthmeor at 6PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121212131414131313121212131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205258232246258271294413390372361273256248252345345329313361298283205158
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
6.45
6:36PM
6.29
6:55AM
6.32
7:15PM
6.13
7:36AM
6.00
7:57PM
5.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
-0.12
12:57AM
-0.03
1:18PM
0.08
1:37AM
0.21
1:58PM
0.45
2:21AM
0.59
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1012111010101091010109101099911101010101010
Feels °C (?)71010898867665665779787665
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