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Gwithian

★★★★★Fair
Beach break Faces NW high tide Offshore South East Best swell South West

Best of the week: Monday around 07:00, 5–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now2–3ft0.6 m at 12 s from the W, wind sea 0.1 m from the SE
Wind7mphE · offshore · gusts 11
Tide 2.3mFalling · low 01:29 (2.0 m). Works high tide.

Live webcam

3 cameras

Open the Gwithian cam by Sunset Surf. Opens in a new tab.

Open on Windy Hayle › North: Gwithian Beach · 0.3 km from the break, Hayle. Opens in a new tab.

Open on Windy Ciechanow: St Ives Harbour · 3.2 km from the break, Ciechanow. Opens in a new tab.

Player and camera network by Windy.com.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell W 13s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell W 7s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–7 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Tue
6–8 ft Swell W 6s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Wed
7–10 ft Swell W 10s Wind 2 mph ★★★★★
Thu
10–13 ft Swell W 12s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Sat 14 Sun 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19
Time 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 3–4 6–8 5–7 4–6 3–5 3–4 2–3 4–6 4–6 6–8 5–8 5–6 6–9 7–9 7–9 7–10 8–11 10–13 9–13 8–11 8–11 7–10
Swell 13s 12s 12s 11s 11s 4s 7s 7s 4s 5s 8s 8s 8s 8s 3s 6s 6s 6s 6s 9s 9s 10s 10s 10s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 9s
Wind mph 6 8 13 11 8 13 9 11 23 21 4 7 14 19 15 19 18 16 15 14 5 2 3 3 4 13 14 16 18 18
Tide m 5.2↑ 5.2↓ 2.8↓ 2.3↑ 4.6↑ 4.5↑ 5.3↓ 3.4↓ 2.4↑ 4.0↑ 3.9↑ 5.1↓ 4.0↓ 2.6↓ 3.4↑ 3.4↑ 4.7↑ 4.4↓ 3.0↓ 2.9↑ 3.0↑ 4.2↑ 4.7↓ 3.6↓ 2.7↓ 2.8↓ 3.5↑ 4.9↑ 4.2↓ 2.6↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Gwithian faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at St. Ives above chart datum, rising ↑ or falling ↓; the rating drops when the tide is outside the window this break works on. Amber marks the sessions worth setting an alarm for. From Tuesday the swell comes from Météo-France's 10-day model, which is coarser than the 5 km German model used close in. Hours no model reaches are left blank, not shown as flat.

Exposure

Gwithian faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from W round to N; the brighter a wedge, the deeper the water in that direction and the more of the swell gets in. Anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWWSE
W
0.6 m at 12 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
SE
0.1 m at 2 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Gwithian works

Swell
Best from the south west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south east; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
Park in Godrevey Car Park at the Northly end of St ives Bay.

At the Far northly end of St Ives bay there's a set of beach breaks infront of a car park. Picks up loads of swell but affected by the wind easily.

Tide times

  • Sat 01:29Low2.0 m
  • Sat 07:27High5.7 m
  • Sat 13:54Low2.1 m
  • Sat 19:46High5.3 m
  • Sun 02:05Low2.2 m
  • Sun 08:08High5.4 m
  • Sun 14:37Low2.3 m
  • Sun 20:29High5.0 m

St. Ives station, 6 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
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Members' own photos of Gwithian. Credits: Jen Lawry.

Comments

5 Oct 2005 · ot love it love it love it its my local!!!! and kicks ass
8 Sep 2005 · Cold Lampin, I'm cold cold lampin Nice fun waves, beautiful views, however it suffers from a gaying influence from lots of Longboarders.
8 Aug 2005 · BilgyBob Always had fun here except when the sewage overspilled from Gwithian village last year, good surf, plenty of room, usually very clean, unlike this web page.
26 May 2005 · sam the man who ever sayd this place is shit is a cunt, its cool. strong, reaLLY STRONG current at the river mouth
18 May 2005 · ian gloucester now this place is the shizzle long winding waves comfortable for all unless its 5-6ft you may need some expirience, nice area fat dunes, and its near halye pasty company who without out doubt do the finest feckin pastys ever!
19 Apr 2005 · Big Kahuna Sweet break, sometimes gets pretty big but can be choppy to...
19 Apr 2005 · BK Oh yeah... it's not in St Ives but you get a pretty cool view of the bay from the Car Pak too if you like that kinda shit
12 Mar 2005 · el gwappo if its that shite, i'd love to know where you lot ride it must be epic, ive been all round the world an its allright, it aint pipe but how many of you benders are man enough to admit you wouldnt ride it large?

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