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Porthtowan surfForecast / Cornwall (North) / UK
How big are the waves at Porthtowan today?
The current surf forecast for Porthtowan at 9AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 3.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Time (GMT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (23 Feb) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
Afternoon (23 Feb) | 18ft (5.5m) | 13s |
Evening (23 Feb) | 16ft (5.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Porthtowan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 4716 | 3056 | 2567 | 8642 | 9952 | 10512 | 9186 | 10214 | 22023 | 28927 | 26740 | 21287 | 19414 | 13452 | 12696 | 10058 | 8417 | 7957 | 6652 | 5196 | 4506 | 3663 | 3287 | 2830 | 2561 | 2347 | 2032 | 1952 | 2180 | 2043 | 1613 | 1235 | 1011 | 798 | 615 | 545 | 410 | 347 | 296 | 239 | 234 | 186 | 176 | 103 | 149 | 106 | 98 | 123 | 70 | 94 | 813 | 1680 | 1913 | 2763 | 3110 | 2733 | 2116 | 1684 | 1538 | 1189 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:19PM 4.24 | 2:02AM 4.48 | 2:37PM 4.62 | 3:05AM 4.99 | 3:31PM 5.15 | 3:53AM 5.60 | 4:15PM 5.70 | 4:34AM 6.19 | 4:56PM 6.21 | 5:14AM 6.69 | 5:35PM 6.61 | 5:53AM 7.03 | 6:14PM 6.83 | 6:32AM 7.16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:05AM 2.35 | 7:51PM 2.23 | 8:35AM 2.01 | 9:02PM 1.79 | 9:34AM 1.47 | 9:53PM 1.24 | 10:19AM 0.88 | 10:35PM 0.70 | 11:00AM 0.34 | 11:15PM 0.23 | 11:39AM -0.08 | 11:53PM -0.11 | 12:17PM -0.33 | 12:32AM -0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 01 | Sunday 02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:03 | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Feels °C (?) | 3 | 1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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