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Gwithian

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

Best of the week: Thursday around 18:00, 3–4 ft and cross-on.

Surf now3–5ft1.1 m at 10 s from the W
Wind6mphNW · onshore · gusts 11
Tide 3.2mFalling · low 18:44 (2.6 m). Works high tide.

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Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
3–5 ft Swell W 10s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Mon
2–4 ft Swell W 9s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Tue
2–3 ft Swell W 8s Wind 2 mph ★★★★★
Wed
5–7 ft Swell N 5s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–4 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 6 mph ★★★★★
Fri
3–5 ft Swell W 5s Wind 19 mph ★★★★★
Sat
3–5 ft Swell W 7s Wind 11 mph ★★★★★
Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
Time 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 06 09 12 15 18
Surf ft 3–5 2–4 2–4 2–4 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 2–3 4–6 3–5 4–5 4–6 4–6 4–5 3–5 3–5 3–4 3–4 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5 3–5 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–5 3–4
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Wind mph 5 3 3 3 8 4 2 2 6 8 9 20 20 21 23 19 12 11 12 10 6 14 16 19 20 13 13 13 14 13 9
Tide m 2.6↓ 2.9↓ 3.0↑ 4.6↑ 4.7↓ 3.1↓ 3.4↓ 2.3↑ 3.9↑ 5.4↓ 3.8↓ 4.2↓ 2.0↓ 2.9↑ 5.7↑ 4.9↓ 5.2↓ 2.1↓ 1.9↑ 5.6↑ 5.8↓ 6.0↓ 2.6↓ 1.2↑ 4.9↑ 6.5↓ 6.5↓ 3.4↓ 0.8↑ 4.0↑ 6.8↓
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Surf is the face height at the beach after the swell is filtered for the way Gwithian faces. Arrows show where the swell and wind are heading. Tide is the height at St. Ives 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

Gwithian faces north-west. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NWW
W
1.1 m at 10 s (swell) · 93 % reaches the beach

How Gwithian works

Swell
Best from the south west.
Wind
South East is offshore.
Tide
high tide.
Getting there
Park in Godrevey Car Park at the Northly end of St ives Bay.

At the Far northly end of St Ives bay there's a set of beach breaks infront of a car park. Picks up loads of swell but affected by the wind easily.

Tide times

  • Sun 18:44Low2.6 m
  • Mon 00:45High4.7 m
  • Mon 07:30Low2.7 m
  • Mon 13:32High4.9 m
  • Mon 20:27Low2.3 m
  • Tue 02:22High4.9 m
  • Tue 08:54Low2.3 m
  • Tue 14:54High5.4 m

St. Ives station, 6 km away. Heights above chart datum, UK time.

Photos

In the gallery
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Members' own photos of Gwithian. Credits: Jen Lawry.

Comments

5 Oct 2005 · ot love it love it love it its my local!!!! and kicks ass
8 Sep 2005 · Cold Lampin, I'm cold cold lampin Nice fun waves, beautiful views, however it suffers from a gaying influence from lots of Longboarders.
8 Aug 2005 · BilgyBob Always had fun here except when the sewage overspilled from Gwithian village last year, good surf, plenty of room, usually very clean, unlike this web page.
26 May 2005 · sam the man who ever sayd this place is shit is a cunt, its cool. strong, reaLLY STRONG current at the river mouth
18 May 2005 · ian gloucester now this place is the shizzle long winding waves comfortable for all unless its 5-6ft you may need some expirience, nice area fat dunes, and its near halye pasty company who without out doubt do the finest feckin pastys ever!
19 Apr 2005 · Big Kahuna Sweet break, sometimes gets pretty big but can be choppy to...
19 Apr 2005 · BK Oh yeah... it's not in St Ives but you get a pretty cool view of the bay from the Car Pak too if you like that kinda shit
12 Mar 2005 · el gwappo if its that shite, i'd love to know where you lot ride it must be epic, ive been all round the world an its allright, it aint pipe but how many of you benders are man enough to admit you wouldnt ride it large?

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