The Portreath Surf Report - Compiled by surfers, for surfers

Surf Report - updated 8 am Saturday Jul 04 2009

This surf report is generated automatically from a variety of sources and criteria. It is currently in the developmental stage and is being tweaked all the time. It is therefore getting more accurate as we notice anomolies and tweak the algorithm to take them into account

7 day surf forecast for Portreath
DateWave HeightDirectionPeriodWind
Sat 4th Jul 2
ft
WSW 7
secs
SW13
mph
Sun 5th Jul 4
ft
W 8
secs
SSW17
mph
Mon 6th Jul 5
ft
W 9
secs
W17
mph
Tue 7th Jul 4
ft
W 7
secs
WNW22
mph
Wed 8th Jul 2
ft
W 6
secs
NW12
mph
Thu 9th Jul 1
ft
W 6
secs
NW11
mph
Fri 10th Jul 1
ft
WSW 8
secs
W3
mph

*Wave heights are top to bottom face measurements

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Portreath surfing information

Portreath surfPortreath is home to The Vortex a right hand reef break which peels of the harbour wall. This is not a wave for the light-hearted and definitely not suitable for beginners. The wave comes in from deeper water and hits the reef going from a lump to past vertical making air drops the norm. Combined with its propensity to barrel and form a wedgey inside this goes some way to explaining where it gets the name.

For obvious reasons (i.e. heavy and hollow) the Vortex is popular with bodyboarders, however there are usually a couple of stand up surfers giving it a go. If all this hasn't put you off then maybe the 'Locals Only' scrawled on the wall might!

The beach itself can produce a half decent wave and packs a fair punch itself on a good day

Being north facing and with high cliffs to the west the beach is fairly sheltered and needs a medium sized west/northwest swell to get it going. In terms of wind this is an advantage as a south-westerly is cross offshore. The Vortex can handle waves of up to 8ft

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