Porthtowan surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
10.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Porthtowan today?

The current surf forecast for Porthtowan at 12PM is: 3.0m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 2.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)8ft (2.5m)19s
Afternoon (25 Feb)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (25 Feb)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
5
!
!
!
!
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
!
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
W
3
W
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
WSW
4
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.1
W
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131319181716161615151414138891010101010101813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2884268854986813104538653700756554503374624071922126677113362496328032311924146911531109749851
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
25
W
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
4.96
11:22PM
4.82
12:12PM
4.65
12:59AM
4.75
1:49PM
4.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
1.55
5:09PM
1.81
6:00AM
1.86
6:50PM
1.97
7:46AM
1.78
8:25PM
1.73
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--7:13-------7:11-------7:09-----
Sunset----5:54-------5:55-------5:58---
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111121313121111101011111110101011121099888
Feels °C (?)777889785444432135556555
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