Portreath Beach surf break

Portreath Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 BST
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Portreath Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 5AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)9891010101010101010101312111111101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)659120219051930201921322290224520721910179820473280253823981954158314961068857690532453383
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
50
SW
35
SW
20
SW
30
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
25
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
4.16
2:47PM
4.41
3:23AM
4.51
3:49PM
4.88
4:14AM
5.00
4:34PM
5.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
2.38
8:34AM
2.29
9:18PM
2.08
9:44AM
1.89
10:16PM
1.59
10:33AM
1.38
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:01-------8:00-------7:58
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
145951---2321--1--------
Temp. °C161917161617171615151313161717161615151516171717
Feels °C (?)1312131312101111121198111212121212131314151415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Sennen Cove (light winds from the ESE at SHIP1626 29 km from Sennen Cove). 3.3m 9s swell from the SW with a 1.2m 13s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

    Sennen Cove
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29 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

28 km/h
SW
0.0
17.2
Air / Water (°C)
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