Portreath Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 5.30° W

Portreath Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
17.1°C
2.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 7PM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (07 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Wed morning, light winds from the W by Thu afternoon).

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
N
7
2.4
NNW
7
2.2
NNW
7
2.1
NNW
7
1.9
NNW
6
2
NNW
7
2
NW
7
1.8
NW
7
1.6
NW
6
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
0.5
WNW
11
1
W
5
1.6
W
6
1.9
W
7
2.2
W
7
2.5
W
8
3
W
8
3
W
9
3
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
502
588
432
374
288
350
352
290
190
72
68
65
43
164
331
524
728
1109
1361
1331
1500
Wind (km/h)
45
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
3:40PM5.58m
4:09AM5.58m
4:28PM6.00m
4:52AM5.98m
5:09PM6.32m
Low Tide
9:41AM1.28m
10:12PM0.87m
10:30AM0.85m
10:56PM0.51m
11:12AM0.50m
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7:28
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7:31
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6:43
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Temp °C
13
13
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
15
15
16
16
16
14
13
14
Feels °C
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
7
7
8
9
9
7
10
9
11
10
10
8
6
8
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