Porthtowan surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 03 Jul 2025 BST
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Porthtowan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Porthtowan sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Porthtowan today?

The current surf forecast for Porthtowan at 11AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (03 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (03 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
W
1.4
WNW
1.6
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
W
1.8
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)96988888778899677881011111111101010101010999999988888888888777777778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)12210489746364635858648385135165140186262419475900980980108612211086979959880712681644569499453377298254194183175177156155121119999074585352403643384139374342
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
N
5
N
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononononononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassononcross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:49AM
4.76
12:14AM
4.83
12:47PM
4.62
1:15AM
4.67
1:49PM
4.59
2:17AM
4.64
2:50PM
4.68
3:16AM
4.73
3:44PM
4.86
4:09AM
4.91
4:33PM
5.11
4:55AM
5.14
5:16PM
5.38
5:37AM
5.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.63
6:05PM
1.82
6:39AM
1.82
7:02PM
1.96
7:36AM
1.92
8:05PM
2.00
8:37AM
1.91
9:08PM
1.90
9:35AM
1.80
10:05PM
1.72
10:28AM
1.60
10:55PM
1.47
11:14AM
1.36
11:40PM
1.22
11:57AM
1.12
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise-5:15-------5:16-------5:16-------5:16-------5:18-------5:18-------5:20-------5:20--
Sunset-----9:34-------9:34-------9:32-------9:32-------9:31-------9:30-------9:30------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151516161515151515151617171615151616171717171616151515161717161615141515151616171615161616151515151517191817171616161718
Feels °C (?)1415141312121314141414141413121112121414131312111011101113131313108910101113151514141414131414141517181615161516161617
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