Portreath Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 5.30° W

Portreath Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
17.6°C
1.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 9PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
WNW
12
1.5
W
12
1.3
WNW
11
1.2
W
11
1.1
W
10
1
W
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
9
0.8
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
9
0.7
W
8
0.5
W
18
0.9
W
16
2
W
15
2.3
W
14
2.3
W
13
2.2
W
13
2.1
W
12
2
W
12
2.1
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
730
628
415
326
255
190
151
110
106
76
74
68
156
417
1672
2066
1783
1607
1292
1103
1194
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
11:43AM4.91m
00:30AM4.71m
1:16PM4.78m
2:07AM4.73m
2:47PM5.05m
Low Tide
6:18PM1.81m
7:05AM1.94m
8:02PM1.80m
8:43AM1.76m
9:28PM1.42m
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6:39
6:41
6:43
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7:58
7:55
7:52
 mm
Temp °C
16
17
18
17
16
16
16
15
19
21
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
15
15
15
15
15
14
13
11
14
17
17
19
18
18
15
13
13
13
12
13
14
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