Portreath Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 5.30° W

Portreath Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
16.6°C
2.2° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 12AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)--
Afternoon (12 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (12 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.9
WSW
7
1.9
SW
7
2
W
11
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.4
WSW
12
2.2
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
11
2.3
WSW
11
2.5
WSW
11
2.5
W
11
2.5
WSW
11
2.4
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
194
91
97
381
994
1809
1871
1699
1517
1227
1121
1186
1237
1513
1633
1374
1245
988
850
Wind (km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:21PM6.53m
6:38AM6.45m
6:55PM6.42m
7:11AM6.34m
7:28PM6.18m
Low Tide
00:41AM0.19m
12:56PM0.24m
1:11AM0.34m
1:28PM0.40m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:37
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7:39
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6:38
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6:37
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6:35
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 mm
1
2
2
3
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3
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Temp °C
14
14
15
17
17
16
16
17
17
16
17
17
17
15
16
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
8
8
10
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
11
13
12
11
13
13
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