Portreath Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.26° N 5.30° W

Portreath Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Portreath Beach sea temperature is
17.9°C
1.6° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Portreath Beach at 12AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu night, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
WNW
9
2.2
WNW
8
2.2
W
8
2.2
W
9
2.2
WNW
9
1.8
W
9
1.6
W
9
1.2
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
0.9
WNW
9
0.8
WNW
9
0.7
WNW
8
0.7
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
6
1.9
WSW
7
2.4
WSW
8
2.4
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
677
660
692
724
692
494
386
213
180
137
88
73
51
78
38
151
376
785
1070
Wind (km/h)
35
NW
35
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
W
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:55PM5.55m
4:25AM5.59m
4:47PM6.06m
5:12AM6.03m
5:31PM6.48m
Low Tide
10:29PM0.91m
10:49AM0.82m
11:18PM0.45m
11:34AM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:46
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:51
7:49
7:46
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
9
9
10
10
9
11
11
11
11
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
12
14
15
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