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Perranporth

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Faces NW all tides Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Monday around 06:00, 5–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now15–20ft0.1 m at 12 s from the NW, wind sea 5.3 m from the W
Wind33mphSW · cross-on · gusts 56
Tide 4.2mFalling · low 23:06 (1.1 m). Works all tides.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
15–20 ft Swell W 9s Wind 33 mph ★★★★★
Sun
9–12 ft Swell NW 10s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–7 ft Swell W 10s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Tue
13–17 ft Swell W 10s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Wed
7–9 ft Swell W 9s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
5–7 ft Swell W 8s Wind 13 mph ★★★★★
Fri
3–4 ft Swell W 9s 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 15–20 16–21 14–19 12–17 12–15 9–13 5–7 4–6 6–8 7–9 7–9 11–14 9–12 9–12 10–13 9–13 10–13 9–12 8–11 8–10 7–10 5–7 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–5 3–4 2–4 3–4 3–4 3–4
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Wind mph 33 30 30 25 21 18 17 23 21 22 28 26 25 29 25 23 20 18 17 15 11 13 15 20 19 20 18 20 20 19 16
Tide m 5.1↓ 5.4↓ 1.7↓ 2.1↑ 6.3↑ 6.0↓ 6.3↓ 2.2↓ 1.3↑ 5.6↑ 6.8↓ 6.9↓ 3.1↓ 0.8↑ 4.6↑ 7.2↓ 7.1↓ 4.2↓ 0.9↓ 3.5↑ 7.0↑ 6.8↑ 5.2↓ 1.4↓ 2.4↑ 6.3↑ 6.0↑ 5.9↓ 2.4↓ 1.8↑ 5.2↑
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Perranporth faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. 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

Perranporth faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from SW 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 NWNWW
NW
0.1 m at 12 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
W
5.3 m at 9 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach

How Perranporth works

Swell
Best from the north west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south east; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
all tides.
Getting there
Head south from newquay for 5-6 miles and you'll find it.

Several miles of sand.. with breaks from one end to the other... Both ends however offer the best surf so make for the corners...

Tide times

  • Sat 23:06Low1.1 m
  • Sun 04:02High6.7 m
  • Sun 10:22Low1.1 m
  • Sun 16:19High7.0 m
  • Sun 22:42Low0.9 m
  • Mon 04:39High7.0 m
  • Mon 10:59Low0.9 m
  • Mon 16:58High7.2 m

Perranporth station, under 1 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Members' own photos of Perranporth.

Comments

1 Jan 2010 · eightlegged Massive beach, so you can usually find a peak to yourself if you want one. Has a mint Beach Bar.. Go there on a Friday night.
21 Jun 2005 · jade the surfing in perrenporth sound awsom and can wait to give it a go ...wiked pics as well gys

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