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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 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 8AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161615151414141313121212111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161413211155114113391931223320961833205516021236103683460443516112371151119457371
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
3.73
4:05PM
3.69
4:31AM
3.96
4:54PM
3.89
5:15AM
4.19
5:36PM
4.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17AM
1.23
10:33PM
1.09
10:58AM
0.94
11:11PM
0.82
11:35AM
0.66
11:47PM
0.57
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:10-------8:10-------8:08-----
Sunset----4:43-------4:44-------4:45---
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---11121----1--------1-1
Temp. °C88810999888810988778888999
Feels °C (?)333433455546544334455777
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