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Portreath Beach surf break

Portreath Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
10.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 9AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (18 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
6
W
6
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
WNW
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)12111111111212121314141413131212111181010112020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106611651285143613402300294336856126135031435211090860962004206341321431981144218771947250792639849
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
5
SSE
15
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
45
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
20
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
6.29
6:14AM
6.65
6:32PM
6.45
6:48AM
6.73
7:07PM
6.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
0.24
12:15AM
0.20
12:36PM
0.08
12:48AM
0.11
1:10PM
0.06
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:26-------7:24-------7:22-----
Sunset----5:43-------5:45-------5:45---
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light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9910111197877899999910111111121112
Feels °C (?)345796-11-1-201-112422454556
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