Portreath Beach surf break

Portreath Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 05 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
10.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 8PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)--
Afternoon (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
2.3
W
3
NW
4
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)1299888121212121212131314141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46488515392047117397097687685576176177396511441519192824202570249825472266202919991810
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
NNW
50
N
45
N
45
N
40
N
35
N
35
N
30
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
10
SSE
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
6.44
6:45AM
6.57
7:01PM
6.31
7:17AM
6.31
7:33PM
6.06
7:49AM
5.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.07
12:45AM
0.17
1:04PM
0.23
1:16AM
0.35
1:33PM
0.51
1:46AM
0.65
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------6:54-------6:52-------6:50-
Sunset-6:07-------6:09-------6:12------
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--111-------------15----
Temp. °C1196567777666667891110101010911
Feels °C (?)84-5-5-4-3-2-2-1-101234678768989
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