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Perranporth

★★★★★Fair
Faces NW all tides Offshore South East Best swell North West

Best of the week: Monday around 08:00, 4–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now1–2ft0.5 m at 12 s from the W, wind sea 0.1 m from the E
Wind8mphSE · offshore · gusts 12
Tide 2.4mFalling · low 01:22 (2.0 m). Works all tides.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell W 13s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell W 4s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Mon
4–6 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Tue
9–12 ft Swell SW 9s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
12–16 ft Swell W 11s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
15–21 ft Swell W 12s Wind 14 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 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 3–4 6–8 5–7 4–6 3–5 3–4 2–3 8–11 7–10 8–11 7–10 9–12 9–12 10–13 10–13 11–14 11–15 15–21 14–19 13–17 11–15 10–13
Swell 13s 12s 11s 10s 10s 4s 6s 7s 4s 6s 8s 8s 8s 8s 3s 6s 7s 7s 6s 9s 10s 10s 10s 11s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 10s
Wind mph 6 5 12 12 7 10 7 4 22 23 3 9 15 22 15 23 27 24 24 23 5 4 6 6 9 14 20 20 20 19
Tide m 5.5↑ 5.5↓ 2.9↓ 2.5↑ 4.9↑ 4.8↑ 5.6↓ 3.5↓ 2.5↑ 4.2↑ 4.1↑ 5.4↓ 4.1↓ 2.7↓ 3.6↑ 3.6↑ 5.0↑ 4.6↓ 3.1↓ 3.1↑ 3.1↑ 4.5↑ 5.0↓ 3.7↓ 2.8↑ 2.9↓ 3.8↑ 5.2↑ 4.4↓ 2.7↓
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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 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

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 NWWE
W
0.5 m at 12 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
E
0.1 m at 1 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

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 01:22Low2.0 m
  • Sat 07:28High6.0 m
  • Sat 13:48Low2.1 m
  • Sat 19:47High5.6 m
  • Sun 01:58Low2.3 m
  • Sun 08:07High5.7 m
  • Sun 14:30Low2.4 m
  • Sun 20:28High5.3 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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