Portreath Beach surf break

Portreath Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 9PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.9
W
0.8
WNW
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
SW
2
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101010999999910888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14641113892856811821788702624528443424351294243203627120151169119526535449
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
5
WNW
15
W
15
NW
25
W
15
SW
25
SW
15
W
25
WNW
15
W
5
SSW
10
ENE
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
5.25
4:20AM
5.26
4:39PM
5.68
5:02AM
5.64
5:18PM
6.03
5:38AM
5.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
1.19
10:43AM
1.14
11:09PM
0.82
11:22AM
0.79
11:45PM
0.53
11:57AM
0.53
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-7:29-------7:27-------7:24------
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part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------12172-1-----
Temp. °C181616151515161718161616161615131414131312121314
Feels °C (?)14131312131413131615161515171311911910791111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (North)

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Portreath Beach (moderate winds from the S at Culdrose Airport 20 km from Portreath Beach). A 1.2m swell from the W

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20 km away, 1 h 16 min ago

22 km/h
S
0.0
16.4
Air / Water (°C)
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