Portreath Surf Report & Surf Forecast - 2010-03-21

Portreath Surf Report - updated 8 am Sunday 21st Mar

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

Date	Wave Height	Swell Direction	Wave Period	Wind
Sun 21st Mar	3 ft	WSW	9 secs	11 mph
Mon 22nd Mar	2 ft	WSW	9 secs	11 mph
Tue 23rd Mar	4 ft	WSW	10 secs	29 mph
Wed 24th Mar	6 ft	W	11 secs	21 mph
Thu 25th Mar	6 ft	W	11 secs	15 mph
Fri 26th Mar	5 ft	W	10 secs	25 mph
Sat 27th Mar	8 ft	WSW	13 secs	22 mph

*Wave heights are top to bottom face measurements
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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 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