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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am 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 5PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
4
S
3
S
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111101010122018181616161616891514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1001511191013771693877983387038971631147480869120201373100110721028999850
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
SSE
5
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
WSW
25
SSW
35
S
50
SSE
60
SSE
60
SSE
20
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
0.66
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
Sunrise8:08-------8:07-------8:07-------
Sunset--4:45-------4:46-------4:49-----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8888888881099879999788998
Feels °C (?)666677765643211-2-4-3320232
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