Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
16.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Portwrinkle today?

The current surf forecast for Portwrinkle at 2PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
WSW
1.1
SSW
1.8
SW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.4
W
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010101010101099999567887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80569919314939932828128126122520420016113913310311870542146118871079506
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
25
S
35
SW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
3.88
5:00AM
3.83
5:13PM
4.17
5:41AM
4.10
5:50PM
4.42
6:12AM
4.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
1.28
10:38PM
0.94
10:56AM
0.91
11:24PM
0.58
11:39AM
0.57
12:02AM
0.29
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58--------
Sunset---7:24-------7:22-------7:21----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------121---11
Temp. °C181717161616151516161716151516161616151413131312
Feels °C (?)151414141415141414131516151516151310991091111
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cornwall (South)

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 16 km away suggest it is still onshore at Portwrinkle (light winds from the SSW at Plymouth- Mount Batten). 1.6m 8s swell from the SW with a 1.2m 12s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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16 km away, 1 h 30 min ago

19 km/h
SSW
0.0
16.2
Air / Water (°C)
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