Portreath Surf Report

Surf report for Mon 18/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 8ft 13s  °  ° 13mph
12:00 8ft 13s  °  ° 16mph
18:00 8ft 12s  °  ° 21mph
Tide times
Low 6:37am (2.26m)
High 12:44pm (3.95m)
Low 7:16pm (2.32m)
Daylight
First light05:52
Sunrise06:24
Sunset18:32
Dark19:05
Surf report for Tue 19/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 11ft 12s  °  ° 19mph
12:00 10ft 12s  °  ° 13mph
18:00 8ft 12s  °  ° 9mph
Tide times
High 1:23am (4.19m)
Low 8:13am (2.05m)
High 2:03pm (4.17m)
Low 8:37pm (2.03m)
Daylight
First light05:50
Sunrise06:22
Sunset18:34
Dark19:06
Surf report for Wed 20/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 7ft 12s  °  ° 12mph
12:00 6ft 12s  °  ° 15mph
18:00 6ft 12s  °  ° 21mph
Tide times
High 2:28am (4.49m)
Low 9:14am (1.70m)
High 2:55pm (4.46m)
Low 9:29pm (1.69m)
Daylight
First light05:47
Sunrise06:20
Sunset18:36
Dark19:08
Surf report for Thu 21/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 4ft 12s  °  ° 4mph
12:00 3ft 12s  °  ° 7mph
18:00 3ft 11s  °  ° 13mph
Tide times
High 3:13am (4.79m)
Low 9:57am (1.39m)
High 3:34pm (4.73m)
Low 10:08pm (1.39m)
Daylight
First light05:45
Sunrise06:18
Sunset18:37
Dark19:10
Surf report for Fri 22/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 7ft 13s  °  ° 23mph
12:00 8ft 12s  °  ° 22mph
18:00 9ft 13s  °  ° 29mph
Tide times
High 3:48am (5.02m)
Low 10:32am (1.15m)
High 4:06pm (4.95m)
Low 10:42pm (1.17m)
Daylight
First light05:43
Sunrise06:15
Sunset18:39
Dark19:11
Surf report for Sat 23/03
  Swell Period Swell direction Wind direction Wind speed
6:00 13ft 10s  °  ° 31mph
12:00 13ft 11s  °  ° 31mph
18:00 12ft 12s  °  ° 30mph
Tide times
High 4:19am (5.19m)
Low 11:03am (1.00m)
High 4:35pm (5.10m)
Low 11:13pm (1.03m)
Daylight
First light05:41
Sunrise06:13
Sunset18:40
Dark19:13
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Bodyboarder at The Vortex
Bodyboarder at The Vortex

Portreath 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 wedgy 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.

Check out our detailed 10 day Portreath surf forecast here.