Portreath Beach surf break

Portreath Beach surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portreath Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 7AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)22s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
!
!
!
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.6
W
1.8
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)111111111010101022191817171616151515161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125793474357335830229025933523715995804083826607496837003085294230642280180912801003835
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
0
SSE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
6.03
8:18AM
5.81
8:33PM
5.71
8:51AM
5.42
9:07PM
5.33
9:27AM
5.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
0.71
2:28PM
0.94
2:47AM
1.05
3:00PM
1.31
3:22AM
1.44
3:37PM
1.70
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:48-------6:46-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:02
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C98881011111111111111121314131213121215161414
Feels °C (?)54323444334346881012121215151312
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