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Porthmeor

★★★★★Flat
Beach break Faces N high tide Offshore South Best swell South West

Best of the week: Thursday around 17:00, 3–4 ft and cross-off.

Surf now0ft1.1 m at 10 s from the W
Wind5mphW · cross-on · gusts 9
Tide 2.5mFalling · low 18:07 (2.1 m). Works high tide.

Seven days

best session each day · swipe
Sun
0 ft Swell W 10s Wind 5 mph ★★★★★
Mon
0 ft Swell W 9s Wind 3 mph ★★★★★
Tue
0 ft Swell W 8s Wind 4 mph ★★★★★
Wed
4–6 ft Swell N 5s Wind 21 mph ★★★★★
Thu
3–4 ft Swell NW 6s Wind 9 mph ★★★★★
Fri
1–2 ft Swell W 3s Wind 16 mph ★★★★★
Sat
2–3 ft Swell W 7s Wind 14 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5–7 4–6 4–6 4–6 4–6 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–5 3–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Swell 10s 9s 9s 9s 9s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 8s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 4s 4s 6s 6s 3s 4s 4s 5s 5s 7s 7s 6s 6s 6s
Wind mph 3 3 3 4 7 2 4 4 6 7 7 20 19 20 22 18 12 11 12 11 9 16 18 21 22 15 14 14 15 13 11
Tide m 2.1↓ 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 show where the swell and wind are heading. 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. Swell inside the lit window reaches the beach; anything from behind the headlands scores nothing, however big the buoy says it is.

NESWfaces NW
W
1.1 m at 10 s (swell) · blocked, 0 %

How Porthmeor works

Swell
Best from the south west.
Wind
South is offshore.
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

  • Sun 18:07Low2.1 m
  • Mon 00:06High4.1 m
  • 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

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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