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St Agnes

★★★★★Good
Reef break Faces NW low to mid tide Offshore South West Best swell north-west

Best of the week: Monday around 12:00, 3–5 ft and offshore.

Surf now2–3ft0.6 m at 12 s from the W, wind sea 0.2 m from the E
Wind7mphSE · offshore · gusts 13
Tide 2.4mFalling · low 01:22 (2.0 m). Works low to mid tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sat
2–3 ft Swell W 12s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Sun
2–3 ft Swell W 7s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Mon
3–5 ft Swell W 8s Wind 15 mph ★★★★★
Tue
6–8 ft Swell W 6s Wind 23 mph ★★★★★
Wed
11–15 ft Swell W 11s Wind 10 mph ★★★★★
Thu
14–18 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 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–4 6–9 5–7 4–6 3–5 3–4 2–3 6–8 6–8 7–10 7–9 6–8 9–12 9–12 9–12 9–13 11–14 14–18 13–17 12–16 10–14 9–12
Swell 13s 12s 11s 11s 11s 4s 7s 7s 4s 6s 8s 8s 8s 8s 3s 6s 6s 7s 6s 9s 10s 10s 11s 11s 11s 12s 11s 11s 10s 10s
Wind mph 6 8 11 11 8 9 7 5 19 20 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 St Agnes 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

St Agnes faces north-west. Measured from the seabed, it is open to swell from W round to NE; 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
0.6 m at 12 s (swell) · 100 % reaches the beach
E
0.2 m at 2 s (wind sea) · 2 % reaches the beach

How St Agnes works

Swell
Best from the north-west.
Wind
Offshore is from the south west; anything with north-west in it is onshore and messes it up.
Tide
low to mid tide.
Getting there
about 15-20 miles south of newquay.

Lovely right hand beach/reef break. Breaks on the northly end of the bay over rock reef, and runs into the beach. one of the best waves in the area, but a heavy favorite with the locals because of the protection it gets.. You'll see some of the best surfer the uk has here regually, but usually that's all you get to do... watch!

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, 5 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

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Comments

25 Aug 2005 · mark rambo plenty of power,great coffee at schooners
25 Aug 2005 · Ryan There is a great beach in st agnes called chapple porth its realy worth visiting. when the surf was 1ft at newquay at chapple porth they wer about 10 to 12ft so get down there an surf.
25 Apr 2005 · thetractor I would reccomend this break to everyone. It really is worth a go.

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