What is the surf like at Mawgan Porth today?

This morning at Mawgan Porth: 2.2ft swell, cloud, 16°, 2kt SSE. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Mawgan Porth surf forecast for the week?

Mawgan Porth this week: Poor now. Best looking Wed 23: clean, 3.7ft.

How is the Mawgan Porth surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on a three-hour cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Mawgan Porth for wrap, wind and the usual tide window. The number at the top is this hour. Later week cards are the best hour of that day. Height is the swell that makes the beach, not the raw model.

Mawgan Porth

Today · Tue 22 Sept · 04:20

Quality

Poor

Swell

2.2ft

Tide

15:2209:14

Weather

16°2kt SSE

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6-day surf report

Updated Tue 22 Sept 04:20

Constantine

Now · Tue 22

Poor

2.2ft

15–21°2kt SSE

15:2209:14

Wed 23

Clean

3.7ft

13s

12–18°5kt SSE

16:0610:04

Thu 24

Clean

3.8ft

10–20°3kt ESE

16:4210:44

Fri 25

Clean

4.1ft

13s

12–20°3kt SSE

17:1611:20

Sat 26

Clean

5.1ft

8–18°3kt N

17:4911:55

Sun 27

Clean

5.7ft

9–18°9kt SSE

18:2312:29

The beach

Mawgan Porth

Mawgan Porth sits on the Newquay run. Swell, wind and tide for this beach and the neighbours, so you can pick a peak before you leave the car park. Today is cloud, 16°, 2kt SSE.

North of Watergate. A proper beach break with a bit more room and a defined peak when the banks are right.

Works on more tide than people think. Walk north of the river for the cleaner peak.

Faces W. Best swell WSW–NNW. Level: all. Crowd: average.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Mawgan Porth

Parking

Beach parking sits behind the strand. It is not on Cornwall Council’s Padstow-area car-park list, so check the board on arrival for the operator and tariff.

Hire & lessons

Kingsurf Surf School is on Mawgan Porth, beginner lessons of 2.5 hours including a rip-current safety brief, open all year.

Kingsurf Surf School

Vibe

The RNLI calls it popular with families and surfers. Kingsurf runs beginner groups (max 1:8) and winter camps, a learner and family beach, not a contest claim.

Access & hazards

RNLI: long, flat, sandy, exposed to Atlantic swells, with cliffs and rocks both sides; at low tide many caves and rock outcrops. Kingsurf briefs rip currents, including how to avoid them and get out. Seasonal RNLI cover in 2026 on the same pattern as Watergate and Crantock.

Sources Kingsurf · RNLI Mawgan Porth

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