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Penhale

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

Best of the week: Tuesday around 06:00, 2–3 ft and offshore.

Surf now3–4ft1.0 m at 9 s from the W
Wind5mphW · onshore · gusts 9
Tide 3.2mFalling · low 18:35 (2.7 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
3–4 ft Swell W 9s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–3 ft Swell W 9s Wind 2 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–3 ft Swell W 8s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Wed
5–7 ft Swell N 5s Wind 24 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–5 ft Swell NW 4s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Fri
4–6 ft Swell W 5s Wind 24 mph ★★★★★
Sat
5–7 ft Swell W 7s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Time 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 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 3–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–7 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–4 2–4 3–4 3–5 4–6 4–6 5–7 4–6 4–6 4–6 3–5
Swell 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 4s 4s 5s 4s 4s 5s 5s 5s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s
Wind mph 6 2 3 4 6 4 5 3 5 9 10 24 23 23 24 22 17 15 14 12 11 20 22 24 24 17 19 18 17 16 15
Tide m 2.7↓ 3.0↓ 3.2↑ 4.9↑ 4.9↓ 3.1↓ 3.5↓ 2.4↑ 4.2↑ 5.7↓ 3.9↓ 4.4↓ 2.0↓ 3.2↑ 6.1↑ 5.0↓ 5.4↓ 2.1↓ 2.1↑ 5.9↑ 6.0↓ 6.3↓ 2.6↓ 1.3↑ 5.2↑ 6.8↓ 6.8↓ 3.4↓ 0.9↑ 4.2↑ 7.1↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Penhale faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at Perranporth 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

Penhale faces north-west. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWW
W
1.0 m at 9 s (swell) · 97 % reaches the beach

How Penhale works

Swell
Best from the south west.
Wind
South East is offshore.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
Head through the Holiday Cap on the northern end of Perranporth Cliff.. Weave your way through tourist and security untill you think you'll drive off the cliff.. kepp going for another few feet and you should hopefully be somewhere near.. new tackle the massive dunes and you should be almost there... Almost! beware the climb back up! its knackering!

The far northly end of Perranporth Beach. Has breaks all down this stretch but the right in the far corner are the best.. the fact you need suvival equipment to survive the walk keeps down number of surfers except in summer when the holiday camp is in full swing!

Tide times

  • Sun 18:35Low2.7 m
  • Mon 00:36High5.0 m
  • Mon 07:20Low2.8 m
  • Mon 13:23High5.2 m
  • Mon 20:18Low2.4 m
  • Tue 02:15High5.2 m
  • Tue 08:46Low2.4 m
  • Tue 14:48High5.7 m

Perranporth station, 2 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Penhale Penhale

Members' own photos of Penhale. Credits: Jane McCarthy.

Comments

1 Jan 2010 · silvabak cross to offshore on S-SE winds, long point break , all abilities, mid-low tide, careful of the rip which runs in the same direction as the wave make getting to the peak a hassle!
18 May 2005 · Ian gloucester fantastic low tide surf at 7.00am! clean glassy waves, neat line ups 4-5ft april 04! good atmosphere welcoming locals, be careful of the rip at high tide or youll find yourself in the rocks!
7 Jan 2005 · Nail Deffo had my session of '04 here in December. Big surf, long racy walls and plenty of space for everyone. I give it four stars.

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