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Porthmeor

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

Best of the week: today around 10:00, 2–4 ft and offshore.

Surf now3–4ft1.0 m at 9 s from the W
Wind3mphS · cross-off · gusts 6
Tide 3.9mFalling · low 06:51 (2.2 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Mon
2–4 ft Swell W 9s Wind 1 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–4 ft Swell W 9s Wind 8 mph ★★★★★
Wed
3–4 ft Swell N 6s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Thu
4–6 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Fri
4–6 ft Swell W 5s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Sat
4–6 ft Swell W 7s Wind 12 mph ★★★★★
Sun
4–5 ft Swell W 7s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
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 00
Surf ft 3–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 3–4 3–5 3–5 3–4 3–5 4–6 3–5 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–4 3–5 3–5 4–6 4–6 5–8 5–7 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–5
Swell 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 9s 9s 9s 9s 5s 6s 6s 6s 5s 5s 5s 4s 6s 7s 4s 4s 5s 5s 5s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s 7s
Wind mph 3 3 3 6 2 5 4 6 9 7 20 19 20 22 18 12 11 12 11 9 16 18 21 22 15 14 14 15 13 11 5
Tide m 2.3↓ 2.8↑ 4.2↑ 3.8↓ 2.4↓ 2.6↓ 2.0↑ 3.9↑ 4.7↓ 2.9↓ 3.3↓ 1.5↓ 3.0↑ 5.3↑ 3.9↓ 4.2↓ 1.5↓ 2.0↑ 5.5↑ 4.8↓ 5.1↓ 1.8↓ 1.2↑ 5.0↑ 5.6↓ 5.7↓ 2.5↓ 0.7↑ 4.3↑ 6.0↓ –
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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 Thursday 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 NWW
W
1.0 m at 9 s (swell) · 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

  • Mon 06:51Low2.2 m
  • Mon 12:53High4.3 m
  • Mon 19:53Low2.0 m
  • Tue 01:44High4.3 m
  • Tue 08:22Low1.9 m
  • Tue 14:17High4.8 m
  • Tue 21:07Low1.5 m
  • Wed 02:53High4.8 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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