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Porthmeor

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

Best of the week: Monday around 08:00, 5–7 ft and offshore.

Surf now1–2ft0.7 m at 11 s from the SW, wind sea 0.1 m from the SE
Wind7mphSE · offshore · gusts 12
Tide 1.8mFalling · low 01:08 (1.6 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
1–2 ft Swell SW 12s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Sun
6–8 ft Swell NW 5s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Mon
5–7 ft Swell NW 8s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Tue
6–8 ft Swell W 7s Wind 22 mph ★★★★★
Wed
9–12 ft Swell W 11s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Thu
12–16 ft Swell W 12s Wind 11 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 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–4 6–8 5–8 5–7 4–6 3–5 2–3 4–6 5–7 7–10 8–10 7–10 8–11 8–11 8–11 9–12 10–14 12–16 11–15 10–14 9–12 8–11
Swell 12s 11s 11s 11s 10s 4s 7s 7s 4s 5s 8s 8s 8s 8s 4s 7s 7s 7s 7s 9s 10s 10s 10s 10s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 10s
Wind mph 5 7 12 11 8 5 5 7 20 19 3 5 15 19 16 22 22 21 20 18 6 3 4 3 6 11 18 16 18 18
Tide m 4.9↑ 4.3↓ 2.1↓ 2.2↑ 4.4↑ 4.3↑ 4.5↓ 2.7↓ 2.1↑ 3.8↑ 3.7↑ 4.4↓ 3.2↓ 2.2↓ 3.2↑ 3.1↑ 4.2↑ 3.6↓ 2.4↓ 2.7↑ 2.7↑ 3.9↑ 4.0↓ 2.8↓ 2.3↑ 2.3↑ 3.4↑ 4.3↓ 3.3↓ 2.1↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Porthmeor faces. Arrows point to where the swell and wind come from: an arrow pointing up means from the north. Tide is the height at Cape Cornwall 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

Porthmeor 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 NWSWSE
SW
0.7 m at 11 s (swell) · 76 % reaches the beach
SE
0.1 m at 1 s (wind sea) · blocked, 0 %

How Porthmeor works

Swell
Best from the south west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
Just south of St Ives with a Car Park in front.

Beach breach just north of St Ives, Pretty Consistent, but doesn't pick up swell.

Tide times

  • Sat 01:08Low1.6 m
  • Sat 06:55High5.1 m
  • Sat 13:32Low1.7 m
  • Sat 19:13High4.7 m
  • Sun 01:42Low1.9 m
  • Sun 07:34High4.8 m
  • Sun 14:12Low1.9 m
  • Sun 19:55High4.4 m

Cape Cornwall station, 8 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
Porthmeor

Members' own photos of Porthmeor. Credits: Jen Lawry.

Comments

8 Dec 2013 · alex wow that wave looks sick
5 Oct 2005 · ot great beach on a nice swell really sheltard aswell. last wednesday was good!!!
9 May 2005 · Jack E Bo Every dog has its day...and on this dog's day, late May/early June with the water warming and a light S'easterly fanning the face...the mutt's off the leash!
4 Apr 2005 · evo it can be amazing in big swellz in winter but shite in summer coz of swimmers and kids
24 Mar 2005 · chris riggot oooooooooo yes amazing shimmy shifter, i got a pretty narley view through my window
17 Feb 2005 · nick philips hey dudes this break gets narly really narly this gets heavier than Teahupaeu it is fukin amazing.
17 Feb 2005 · jack whitefield its pretty shit but it has its days in the winter but its about minus 9000000 degrees!
15 Feb 2005 · Jody Hartley st ives clean beach but surf is to small but can be nice and clean.

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