What is the surf like at Porthleven today?

This afternoon at Porthleven: 0.5ft swell, Clear, 12°, 3kt W, gusts 6. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Porthleven surf forecast for the week?

Porthleven this week: Flat now. Best looking Thu 12: sweet, 5.6ft.

How is the Porthleven surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on an hourly cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Porthleven 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.

Porthleven

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Quality

FlatToo small

Swell

0.5ft

Tide

14:4221:20

Weather

12°3kt W, gusts 6

Latest shot · Porthleven surf cam

6-day surf report

Updated Fri 6 Nov 14:20

Next beach: Praa Sands

Now · Fri 6

FlatToo small

0.5ft

7-12°3kt W, gusts 6

02:24 · 14:4208:53 · 21:20

Sat 7

FlatToo small

0.2ft

10s

7-13°2kt NNE, gusts 4

03:06 · 15:2209:39 · 22:01

Sun 8

PoorToo small

1.0ft

7-13°13kt ESE, gusts 19

03:43 · 15:5910:19 · 22:39

Mon 9

Meh

3.0ft

12-13°20kt E, gusts 32

04:18 · 16:3410:56 · 23:13

Tue 10

MehChoppy

5.9ft

12-15°13kt SE, gusts 20

04:52 · 17:0911:31 · 23:47

Wed 11

MehChoppy

6.0ft

14-15°10kt SSE, gusts 15

05:25 · 17:4312:06

The beach

Porthleven

Porthleven sits on the South Coast 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 Clear, 12°, 3kt W, gusts 6.

Cornwall’s famous reef. Needs a south-west swell, light north-east wind, and enough tide to cover the shelf.

If you are not sure, you are not ready. Watch a set from the pier first. It is shallower than it looks.

Faces SSW. Best swell S-WSW. Level: advanced. Crowd: busy.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Porthleven

Parking

Cornwall Council Kittos Field, TR13 9JA, 57 long-stay spaces. 1 April-31 October, 9am-4pm: £1.30 / 1 hour, £2.50 / 2 hours, £5.50 / 4 hours, £7 / 24 hours, weekly £17.40; evenings 4pm-9am free. Winter 9am-4pm: £1 / £1.80 / £3 / £4.20. No overnight sleeping.

Vibe

The Met Office Porthleven West beach forecast has warned of large, powerful waves and that only experts should take part in water activities. This is not written up here as a learner or family hire beach.

Access & hazards

Met Office Porthleven West (Beach): “strong rips likely. Unsafe for novice water users.” Separate sea-state lines have read “Large, powerful waves. Only experts should take part in water activities.” RNLI South Cornwall (16 July 2026): daily 10am-6pm patrols at Porthleven in the peak summer desk with Praa Sands and neighbouring south-coast beaches. No flags means no lifeguards.

Sources Cornwall Council Kittos Field · Met Office Porthleven West · RNLI South Cornwall lifeguards 2026

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