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Portwrinkle surfForecast / Cornwall (South) / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm 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 4AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.2
SW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141313121212111111111110101211111818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21232205173914281712142311198346594793611237315110345757169387173226534
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
E
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
3.96
4:54PM
3.89
5:15AM
4.19
5:36PM
4.08
5:54AM
4.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
1.09
10:58AM
0.94
11:11PM
0.82
11:35AM
0.66
11:47PM
0.57
12:10PM
0.41
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:10-------8:08-------8:07---
Sunset------4:44-------4:45-------4:46-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C99889101098888891091010101099109
Feels °C (?)454355554444579788897787
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