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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Portwrinkle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portwrinkle sea temperature is
10.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portwrinkle today?

The current surf forecast for Portwrinkle at 4AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
3.5
S
4.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121111111110101010122018181616161616899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)659479361123100151119101737169387798338703156116311108808798181030951377
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
ENE
0
ESE
0
WSW
0
ESE
0
WSW
5
WSW
0
SW
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
20
SW
35
S
45
SSE
60
SSE
65
SSE
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
4.19
5:36PM
4.08
5:54AM
4.41
6:13PM
4.23
6:28AM
4.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.82
11:35AM
0.66
11:47PM
0.57
12:10PM
0.41
12:22AM
0.36
12:45PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----8:08-------8:07-------8:07---
Sunset------4:45-------4:46-------4:49-
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------1252
Temp. °C888889999887799997999978
Feels °C (?)4556688887765765321-1-4-412
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