Portreath Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 5.30° W

Portreath Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.4° 

Portreath Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 8PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.6
W
8
0.5
W
18
0.9
W
16
1.8
W
15
2.2
W
14
2.3
W
13
2.2
W
13
2
W
12
1.9
W
12
1.9
W
12
2.1
W
11
2.1
W
11
2
W
10
1.8
W
9
1.9
W
9
2.1
WNW
9
2.1
WNW
9
2.3
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
80
76
74
50
156
417
1358
1887
1783
1607
1209
1013
993
1026
991
873
526
601
677
632
639
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
25
W
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:16PM4.78m
2:07AM4.73m
2:47PM5.05m
3:27AM5.10m
3:55PM5.55m
Low Tide
7:05AM1.94m
8:02PM1.80m
8:43AM1.76m
9:28PM1.42m
9:55AM1.32m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:43
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:52
7:51
 mm
5
5
1
Temp °C
19
22
20
19
18
18
18
16
16
17
17
17
17
14
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
15
18
18
19
18
18
16
12
12
13
13
14
13
10
11
11
11
9
9
9
10
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