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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 18 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
10.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portwrinkle today?

The current surf forecast for Portwrinkle at 1AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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
Wednesday
21
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010101012201818161616168991514141413139
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1191017371693891128338720161413901108808146625102182115810571028955634545275
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
0
NNW
0
E
0
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
WNW
10
SW
30
S
40
SSE
55
SSE
65
SSE
45
SSE
25
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
4.08
5:54AM
4.41
6:13PM
4.23
6:28AM
4.58
6:46PM
4.34
6:59AM
4.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.57
12:10PM
0.41
12:22AM
0.36
12:45PM
0.21
12:57AM
0.22
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise------8:07-------8:07-------8:06-
Sunset4:45-------4:46-------4:49-------
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C999888899878889979998788
Feels °C (?)888765433141-2-4-4-111024210
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