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Porthtowan Surf Report and Forecast

Latest Conditions and Today's Tides

Swell

5ft @ 11secs
263°

Wind

19mph
140° -

Temperature

Sea 50°f    Air 41°f
 
 

Tides, sunrise and sunset at Perranporth
Hours from midnight
First Light: 7:05am - Sunrise: 7:39am
Sunset: 5:31pm - Last Light 6:05pm
(Perranporth - 6mi away) [Help]
low 12:40am 1.8ft
high 6:38am 24.4ft
low 1:05pm 1.7ft
high 7:00pm 23.7ft

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Swell Height
Swell Period Wind
Swell Chart Period Chart Wind Chart
Chart Region:  
Fri 02/10
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.1ft 11secs 267.25° 5.8ft 11secs 264.35°       1.7ft 3secs 250.08°
3am 6.1ft 11secs 266.84° 6.1ft 11secs 262.9°            
6am 6ft 11secs 266.51° 6ft 11secs 263.16°            
9am 5.9ft 11secs 265.25° 5.9ft 11secs 263.74°            
12pm 5.7ft 11secs 265.18° 5.7ft 11secs 262.43°            
3pm 5.7ft 11secs 264.49° 5.3ft 11secs 262.52°       2.1ft 3secs 147.52°
6pm 5.8ft 11secs 263.51° 5ft 11secs 262.61°       3ft 4secs 151.96°
9pm 5.7ft 10secs 262.86° 4.8ft 10secs 263.02°       3.1ft 4secs 152.66°
Sat 02/11
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 5.5ft 10secs 263.31° 4.6ft 10secs 263.73°       3.1ft 4secs 152.53°
3am 5.4ft 10secs 264.8° 3.3ft 10secs 255.62° 3ft 11secs 275.69° 3.1ft 4secs 155.73°
6am 5.2ft 10secs 266.39° 3.4ft 10secs 273.14° 2.8ft 10secs 253.04° 2.8ft 4secs 157.7°
9am 4.9ft 10secs 267.37° 3.3ft 10secs 256.72° 2.7ft 10secs 277.51° 2.4ft 4secs 159.71°
12pm 4.7ft 10secs 267.57° 4.1ft 10secs 264.92°       2.1ft 4secs 162.11°
3pm 4.4ft 10secs 267.5° 4ft 10secs 264.69° 0.4ft 6secs 194.95° 1.8ft 4secs 165.01°
6pm 4.1ft 10secs 264.84° 3.6ft 10secs 263.24° 1.3ft 12secs 274.62° 1.5ft 3secs 170.42°
9pm 3.9ft 10secs 264.92° 3.6ft 10secs 263.89° 0.9ft 12secs 276.26° 1.2ft 3secs 173.3°
Sun 02/12
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.7ft 10secs 265.47° 3.5ft 10secs 264.62° 0.3ft 5secs 188.37° 0.9ft 3secs 173.93°
3am 3.5ft 10secs 266.64° 3.5ft 10secs 262.23°            
6am 3.4ft 10secs 270.79° 3.4ft 10secs 263.37°            
9am 3.3ft 10secs 270.98° 3.3ft 10secs 264.52°            
12pm 3.2ft 10secs 270.61° 3.2ft 10secs 265.77°            
3pm 3.2ft 10secs 270.64° 3.2ft 10secs 267.35°            
6pm 3.2ft 10secs 270.44° 3ft 10secs 267.64°       1ft 2secs 299.35°
9pm 3.2ft 10secs 270.09° 2.9ft 10secs 267.94°       1.4ft 3secs 303.55°
Mon 02/13
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.3ft 10secs 269.89° 2.7ft 10secs 268.19°       1.8ft 3secs 295.02°
3am 3.3ft 10secs 269.93° 2.6ft 10secs 268.43°       2.1ft 3secs 310.49°
6am 3.3ft 10secs 270.19° 2.4ft 10secs 268.78°       2.1ft 4secs 328.23°
9am 3.4ft 10secs 270.68° 2.3ft 10secs 269.21°       2.4ft 4secs 341.88°
12pm 3.9ft 9secs 271.39° 2.1ft 9secs 269.92° 0.2ft 15secs 278.62° 3.3ft 4secs 346.19°
3pm 4.7ft 5secs 341.76° 2ft 9secs 270.47° 0.3ft 15secs 278.08° 4.3ft 5secs 343.06°
6pm 5.6ft 5secs 343.06° 1.8ft 9secs 270.94° 0.4ft 15secs 276.95° 5.3ft 5secs 342.75°
9pm 6.3ft 5secs 348.49° 1.6ft 9secs 270.98° 0.6ft 15secs 276.32° 6ft 5secs 348.94°
Tue 02/14
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 6.6ft 6secs 353.53° 1.4ft 9secs 270.86° 0.7ft 14secs 275.94° 6.4ft 6secs 354.3°
3am 6.6ft 6secs 357.12° 1.2ft 9secs 270.17° 1ft 14secs 275.53° 6.4ft 6secs 356.85°
6am 6.7ft 6secs 359.29° 1.2ft 13secs 275.38° 1ft 9secs 269.68° 6.5ft 6secs 358.69°
9am 6.6ft 6secs 0.53° 1.4ft 13secs 275.09° 0.8ft 9secs 269.38° 6.4ft 6secs 0.36°
12pm 6.1ft 6secs 0.72° 1.6ft 13secs 274.82° 0.7ft 9secs 270.04° 5.8ft 6secs 1.01°
3pm 5.7ft 6secs 359.35° 1.7ft 12secs 274.57° 0.6ft 9secs 270° 5.4ft 6secs 0.31°
6pm 5.4ft 6secs 357.28° 1.9ft 12secs 274.31° 0.5ft 9secs 269.77° 5.1ft 6secs 357.83°
9pm 5.3ft 6secs 356.01° 2.1ft 12secs 273.99°       4.9ft 6secs 356.36°
Wed 02/15
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 5.2ft 5secs 356.61° 2.2ft 11secs 274.1°       4.7ft 5secs 355.4°
3am 5.3ft 5secs 356.52° 2.2ft 11secs 274.3°       4.8ft 5secs 355.28°
6am 5.5ft 5secs 357.47° 2.3ft 11secs 274.7°       5ft 5secs 356.34°
9am 5.7ft 5secs 358.49° 2.3ft 11secs 274.98°       5.2ft 5secs 357.67°
12pm 5.9ft 6secs 0.26° 2.3ft 11secs 275.24°       5.5ft 6secs 359.17°
3pm 5.9ft 6secs 359.8° 2.2ft 11secs 275.31°       5.5ft 6secs 358.8°
6pm 5.8ft 6secs 359.57° 2.1ft 10secs 275.36°       5.4ft 6secs 358.83°
9pm 5.2ft 6secs 0.44° 2ft 10secs 275.39°       4.8ft 6secs 0.08°
Thu 02/16
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.4ft 5secs 0.24° 1.9ft 10secs 275.44° 0.2ft 17secs 280.76° 4ft 5secs 0.18°
3am 4.1ft 5secs 0.23° 1.7ft 10secs 275.36° 0.3ft 17secs 280.54° 3.7ft 5secs 0.65°
6am 3.8ft 5secs 1.55° 1.5ft 10secs 275.4° 0.3ft 16secs 279.95° 3.5ft 5secs 2.49°
9am 3.4ft 5secs 2.5° 1.3ft 10secs 275.45° 0.4ft 15secs 279.73° 3.1ft 5secs 3.92°
12pm 3ft 5secs 1.31° 1.2ft 9secs 275.61° 0.5ft 15secs 279.19° 2.7ft 5secs 3.04°
3pm 2.5ft 5secs 0.39° 1ft 9secs 275.83° 0.6ft 14secs 278.61° 2.2ft 5secs 359.65°
6pm 2.2ft 14secs 276.77° 1.9ft 4secs 356.15° 0.9ft 9secs 276.3°      
9pm 1.9ft 14secs 276.31° 1.6ft 4secs 353.1° 0.9ft 14secs 276.3°      
Fri 02/17
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 3.3ft 13secs 273.83° 1.7ft 13secs 273.77° 1.6ft 7secs 291.3° 2.3ft 4secs 330.57°
3am 3.3ft 13secs 273.83° 1.7ft 13secs 273.77° 1.6ft 7secs 291.3° 2.3ft 4secs 330.57°
6am 3.6ft 13secs 270.57° 2ft 13secs 271.43° 0.9ft 7secs 294.81° 2.9ft 4secs 329.38°
9am 3.6ft 13secs 270.57° 2ft 13secs 271.43° 0.9ft 7secs 294.81° 2.9ft 4secs 329.38°
12pm 3.5ft 12secs 271.06° 2.3ft 12secs 270.41° 1.2ft 4secs 16.83° 2.4ft 5secs 304.13°
3pm 3.5ft 12secs 271.06° 2.3ft 12secs 270.41° 1.2ft 4secs 16.83° 2.4ft 5secs 304.13°
6pm 3.6ft 12secs 270.1° 2.5ft 12secs 269.76°       2.6ft 5secs 305.79°
9pm 3.6ft 12secs 270.1° 2.5ft 12secs 269.76°       2.6ft 5secs 305.79°
Sat 02/18
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 4.3ft 12secs 269.79° 2.7ft 12secs 269.13°       3.3ft 5secs 295.43°
3am 4.3ft 12secs 269.79° 2.7ft 12secs 269.13°       3.3ft 5secs 295.43°
6am 2.7ft 12secs 283.17° 1.9ft 12secs 269.89° 1.9ft 13secs 290.77°      
9am 2.7ft 12secs 283.17° 1.9ft 12secs 269.89° 1.9ft 13secs 290.77°      
12pm 4ft 12secs 268.23° 2.6ft 12secs 269.3° 1.5ft 7secs 291.8° 2.6ft 4secs 223.84°
3pm 4ft 12secs 268.23° 2.6ft 12secs 269.3° 1.5ft 7secs 291.8° 2.6ft 4secs 223.84°
6pm 4.7ft 11secs 274.27° 4.7ft 11secs 285.14° 0.7ft 13secs 307.61°      
9pm 4.7ft 11secs 274.27° 4.7ft 11secs 285.14° 0.7ft 13secs 307.61°      
Sun 02/19
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 7.1ft 10secs 288.78° 7.1ft 10secs 297.54°            
3am 7.1ft 10secs 288.78° 7.1ft 10secs 297.54°            
6am 6.2ft 11secs 286.57° 6.1ft 11secs 289.28° 0.7ft 5secs 359.91°      
9am 6.2ft 11secs 286.57° 6.1ft 11secs 289.28° 0.7ft 5secs 359.91°      
12pm 2.5ft 11secs 280.96° 2ft 9secs 297.86° 1.5ft 11secs 271.38°      
3pm 2.5ft 11secs 280.96° 2ft 9secs 297.86° 1.5ft 11secs 271.38°      
6pm 2.2ft 10secs 290.62° 2ft 9secs 293.52° 0.8ft 10secs 267.02°      
9pm 2.2ft 10secs 290.62° 2ft 9secs 293.52° 0.8ft 10secs 267.02°      
Mon 02/20
 
Combined Swell
Primary Swell
Secondary Swell
Wind Waves
12am 2ft 10secs 293° 1.9ft 10secs 291°       0.4ft 2secs 209.21°

Last Model Run: 10th Feb 2012 12:00pm
Last Update: 10th Feb 2012 8:50pm
All times local time (GMT) unless otherwise stated.
View Regional Wave BuoysNearby Wave Buoy Data
Sevenstones Lightship
(62107)
Swell6ft 7secs
Wind32mph 
7:00pm Fri 10th February
Pembroke Buoy
(62303)
Swell7.5ft 6secs
Wind17mph 
7:00pm Fri 10th February

(62052)
Swell5ft 5secs
Wind26mph 
3:00pm Sun 5th February
Swell from these wavebuoys might not reach this beach. This is intended as a general overview of swell running in the area. Click a buoy for detailed location information.
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Covering the area from Holywell Bay, Penhale, throught Droskyn Beach and St Agnes down through Porthtowan to Portreath. Most of these breaks work in a similar wind and swell.

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A detailed long range Porthtowan Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Porthtowan and nearby surf spots in the Cornwall - West area. For other surf breaks in UK + Ireland click 'local overview' at the top of this page. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.
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