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Porthtowan surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 24 Nov 2025 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
13.1° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Porthtowan today?

The current surf forecast for Porthtowan at 8PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)--
Afternoon (24 Nov)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (24 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
2
N
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1110111110107121111111111111110106799998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16851175917748551440400464630534465401329274269206491255341562521517463536
Wind
(km/h)
45
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
5.33
7:40AM
5.44
8:01PM
5.10
8:23AM
5.23
8:48PM
4.89
9:14AM
5.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.17
1:35AM
1.30
2:03PM
1.38
2:16AM
1.51
2:50PM
1.58
3:06AM
1.70
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise------7:48-------7:50-------7:52-
Sunset4:25-------4:24-------4:23-------
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cloud
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Rain (mm)
1-11---11------241------
Temp. °C11111110101091010910999991113121312131313
Feels °C (?)23221113336665435991091098
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