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Porthmeor

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 08:00, 5–6 ft and offshore.

Surf now15–19ft3.7 m at 13 s from the W, wind sea 4.2 m from the W
Wind24mphW · onshore · gusts 44
Tide 1.1mRising · high 03:28 (5.8 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
15–19 ft Swell W 9s Wind 24 mph ★★★★★
Sun
10–13 ft Swell W 10s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Mon
6–8 ft Swell W 10s Wind 25 mph ★★★★★
Tue
11–15 ft Swell W 10s Wind 17 mph ★★★★★
Wed
7–9 ft Swell W 9s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Thu
5–6 ft Swell W 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Fri
2–3 ft Swell W 8s Wind 18 mph ★★★★★
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30
Time 23 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 15–19 17–22 15–20 13–17 13–17 10–14 5–8 4–6 5–8 6–8 5–8 8–11 8–11 9–12 10–13 11–15 10–13 9–12 8–11 8–10 7–10 5–7 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3
Swell 9s 9s 9s 8s 11s 10s 11s 6s 7s 10s 11s 12s 12s 8s 7s 11s 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 9s 8s 9s 9s
Wind mph 24 24 24 22 18 14 20 23 25 26 26 21 20 25 21 18 17 15 15 13 9 13 15 19 20 22 18 20 20 17 14
Tide m 0.9↑ 4.2↓ 1.2↓ 2.2↑ 5.9↑ 4.7↓ 5.0↓ 1.6↓ 1.3↑ 5.5↑ 5.5↓ 5.7↓ 2.2↓ 0.7↑ 4.7↑ 6.0↓ 6.1↓ 3.1↓ 0.6↓ 3.5↑ 6.2↓ 6.1↑ 4.0↓ 1.0↓ 2.4↑ 5.8↑ 5.5↑ 4.7↓ 1.7↓ 1.7↑ 4.9↑
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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 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

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 NWWW
W
3.7 m at 13 s (swell) · 86 % reaches the beach
W
4.2 m at 9 s (wind sea) · 100 % reaches the beach

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 22:50Low0.9 m
  • Sun 03:28High5.8 m
  • Sun 10:07Low0.9 m
  • Sun 15:45High6.1 m
  • Sun 22:28Low0.7 m
  • Mon 04:05High6.1 m
  • Mon 10:46Low0.7 m
  • Mon 16:24High6.3 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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