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Harlyn Bay

★★★★★Flat
Faces N high tide Offshore South East Best swell north
Surf now0ftwind sea 5.5 m from the W
Wind30mphSW · cross-off · gusts 52
Tide 4.8mFalling · low 23:26 (1.1 m). Works high tide.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
0 ft Swell W 9s Wind 30 mph ★★★★★
Sun
3–4 ft Swell W 10s Wind 28 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell W 10s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0–1 ft Swell W 7s Wind 20 mph ★★★★★
Wed
0–1 ft Swell W 9s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Thu
0 ft Swell W 8s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Fri
0 ft Swell W 8s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 19 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 0 3–4 3–5 2–3 2–3 2–3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swell 9s 10s 9s 8s 11s 10s 10s 5s 6s 10s 10s 12s 7s 7s 7s 7s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s
Wind mph 30 28 26 23 19 15 20 23 23 24 26 23 22 26 22 20 17 16 16 13 9 11 13 19 17 18 16 17 17 15 14
Tide m 5.7↓ 6.1↓ 2.1↓ 1.8↑ 6.3↑ 6.7↓ 6.9↓ 2.8↓ 1.0↑ 5.4↑ 7.4↓ 7.5↓ 3.9↓ 0.8↓ 4.2↑ 7.6↓ 7.5↑ 5.0↓ 1.0↓ 2.9↑ 7.3↑ 7.0↑ 5.9↓ 1.8↓ 2.0↑ 6.4↑ 6.0↑ 6.5↓ 2.9↓ 1.7↑ 5.2↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Harlyn Bay faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Padstow 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 Wednesday 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

Harlyn Bay faces north. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from NW round to NE; 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 NW
W
5.5 m at 9 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Harlyn Bay works

Swell
Best from the north.
Wind
Offshore is from the south east; anything with north in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
it is near st merryn, past friar tucks fish and chips

Popular with locals, but they don't mind others using it. On good days, 6ft swell, with clean waves.

Tide times

  • Sat 23:26Low1.1 m
  • Sun 04:17High7.1 m
  • Sun 10:44Low1.1 m
  • Sun 16:35High7.4 m
  • Sun 23:06Low0.9 m
  • Mon 04:55High7.4 m
  • Mon 11:24Low0.9 m
  • Mon 17:16High7.6 m

Padstow station, 5 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Comments

29 Sep 2005 · Fair Play great beach bit of laugh watch out if your tryin to do the hawain beach run to the sea there are some random wholes and u dont look good when u fall over on ur board lol anyway fair play to the locals in this place
5 May 2005 · JC nice and steep found it similar to North East waves but closing out on the bigger sets...shame, tried to surf the right boiling off the rocks but only worked for three sets then tide was too high.
24 Mar 2005 · Rippers Top beach. Please keep all torists away from this spot in the summer. Great right and left handers to be found.
13 Mar 2005 · Padstow local! good for beginners, nice clean, 6ft, clear.
13 Feb 2005 · si steep but only holds up to 6ft max otherwise its a straight hander
3 Jan 2005 · caz HAlryn,probably oneof the best beach breaks in cornwall,definatly the steepest wave nd very quick with perfect conditions!holds big swell aswell!

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