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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 26 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
9.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portwrinkle today?

The current surf forecast for Portwrinkle at 5AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (27 Jan)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)989101011121414141418171817171616161616151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66416391909236127374073602968976847589840677506743269666631611255905810235738202888201017791339
Wind
(km/h)
50
ESE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSW
50
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
3.97
11:16AM
3.96
11:57PM
3.82
12:33PM
3.78
1:16AM
3.78
1:56PM
3.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
1.04
5:51PM
1.08
6:31AM
1.26
7:16PM
1.24
8:04AM
1.23
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise----7:58-------7:58-------7:56---
Sunset------5:00-------5:01-------5:04-
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
18964-1111--11----121----
Temp. °C9111211998788889109899988999
Feels °C (?)-2132-10-103322343123322244
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