North Cornwall · faces N

Harlyn Bay

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

A north-facing bay of shallow sandbanks tucked in behind Trevose Head. It needs a big westerly or north-westerly swell to wrap in, but it’s offshore in a southerly and stays clean in the south-westerlies that blow out the rest of the coast. Then it’s fast, punchy and sometimes hollow, a shortboard wave for intermediates and up, best around mid tide, as low tends to close out. Small summer days suit learners. Rocks at both ends, and crowded whenever it’s the only spot working.

BreakSwell windowSheltered from these windsPerranporth Waverider, 25km SSWLatest buoy reading, Sun 18:02:2.6ft at 11.1sW 259°sea 17.1°CEvery spot on the mapMap © OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	Flat	4.7ft10sW	8ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore
TueTuesday13 Oct	1ft	5.6ft8sW	17ggusts 24 crosscross-shore
WedWednesday14 Oct	Flat	4.9ft9sW	8–15ggusts 16 offoffshore
ThuThursday15 Oct	1ft	6.4ft9sW	18ggusts 25 offoffshore
FriFriday16 Oct	2ft	3.2ft4sNNW	13–24 ononshore
SatSaturday17 Oct	2ft	3.9ft9sW	6–15ggusts 17 cross-oncross-onshore
SunSunday18 Oct	1ft	1.4ft4sN	4–12ggusts 19 crosscross-shore
MonMonday19 Oct	1ft	1.6ft5sN	15–24ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	2ft	2.2ft10sWNW	14ggusts 22 sheltered
WedWednesday21 Oct	1–2ft	3.0ft11sW	11ggusts 11 crosscross-shore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Flat · sea 16.5°C

LW 00:59 −3.4m
HW 06:56 +3.1m
LW 13:14 −3.4m
HW 19:11 +3.0m
Sunrise 07:38
Sunset 18:34

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	4.3ft9sW	11ggusts 14 cross-offcross-offshore	+2.7m ↑ high	17°C
poor	09:00	Flat	4.8ft10sW	9ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.4m ↓ high	17°C
poor	12:00	Flat	4.9ft10sW	11ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.8m ↓ low	18°C
poor	15:00	Flat	4.8ft10sW	13ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.3m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	Flat	4.7ft9sW	12ggusts 17 offoffshore	+2.3m ↑ high	18°C
poor	21:00	Flat	4.5ft9sW	12–19ggusts 22 offoffshore	+1.7m ↓ high	18°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 16.4°C

LW 01:30 −3.3m
HW 07:26 +2.8m
LW 13:44 −3.4m
HW 19:45 +2.6m
Sunrise 07:39
Sunset 18:32

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	2.8ft10sW	22ggusts 37 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.9m ↑ high	17°C
poor	09:00	Flat	5.1ft5sW	17ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	+1.8m ↓ high	17°C
poor	12:00	1ft	4.6ft5sW	18ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	−2.4m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	1ft	5.6ft8sW3.5ft4sW	17ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	−2.9m ↑ low	17°C
fair	18:00	1ft	5.6ft8sW	15ggusts 21 crosscross-shore	+1.3m ↑ high	17°C
fair	21:00	1ft	5.5ft8sW	12ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	+1.9m ↓ high	16°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 16.4°C

LW 02:00 −3.3m
HW 08:02 +2.5m
LW 14:14 −3.0m
HW 20:17 +2.3m
Sunrise 07:41
Sunset 18:30

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	5.0ft9sW	7–14 offoffshore	+0.9m ↑ high	14°C
fair	09:00	1ft	4.9ft9sW	9–17 offoffshore	+2.1m ↓ high	15°C
fair	12:00	1ft	4.6ft9sW	17ggusts 22 offoffshore	−1.5m ↓ low	17°C
poor	15:00	Flat	4.8ft9sW	19ggusts 23 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.8m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	Flat	5.1ft9sW	16ggusts 23 offoffshore	+0.5m ↑ mid	17°C
poor	21:00	Flat	4.9ft8sW	12–18ggusts 24 offoffshore	+2.1m ↓ high	16°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 16.4°C

LW 02:28 −2.8m
HW 08:32 +2.2m
LW 14:47 −2.6m
HW 20:50 +1.9m
Sunrise 07:42
Sunset 18:28

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	6.1ft8sW	17ggusts 24 offoffshore	+0.2m ↑ mid	16°C
fair	09:00	1ft	6.6ft9sW	17ggusts 24 offoffshore	+2.1m ↓ high	17°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	6.8ft9sW	18ggusts 27 offoffshore	−0.7m ↓ mid	18°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	7.0ft9sW	11–18ggusts 26 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.6m ↑ low	18°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	7.2ft9sW	16ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.3m ↑ mid	17°C
fair	21:00	1ft	7.1ft9sW1.8ft3sWNW	12–21ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.9m ↓ high	17°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 16.3°C

LW 02:59 −2.4m
HW 09:04 +1.8m
LW 15:20 −2.5m
HW 21:28 +1.4m
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 18:26

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2ft	3.2ft4sNNW	12–25 ononshore	−0.5m ↑ mid	14°C
poor	09:00	2ft	3.1ft4sNNW5.2ft10sW	14–23 ononshore	+1.8m ↑ high	15°C
poor	12:00	2ft	3.0ft4sNNW5.1ft10sW	19ggusts 26 ononshore	−0.3m ↓ mid	15°C
poor	15:00	2ft	3.0ft4sNNW5.1ft9sW	18ggusts 27 ononshore	−2.4m ↓ low	15°C
poor	18:00	2ft	2.9ft4sNNW5.1ft9sW	17ggusts 25 ononshore	−1.0m ↑ mid	15°C
poor	21:00	2ft	2.7ft4sN4.9ft9sW	15–21ggusts 24 ononshore	+1.3m ↑ high	14°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 16.2°C

LW 03:40 −2.2m
HW 09:47 +1.2m
LW 16:05 −2.1m
HW 22:12 +0.9m
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 18:24

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	4.1ft9sW2.2ft3sNNE	7–19 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.1m ↑ low	14°C
fair	09:00	1–2ft	3.7ft9sW1.9ft4sNNW	6–15ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	+1.1m ↑ high	13°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	3.5ft9sW1.8ft4sNNW	4–14ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.2m ↓ high	14°C
poor	15:00	1–2ft	3.3ft9sW1.6ft4sNNW	6–14ggusts 17 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.9m ↓ low	14°C
poor	18:00	1–2ft	3.0ft9sW1.4ft4sNNW	7–14ggusts 18 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.4m ↑ low	14°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	1.6ft4sNNW2.8ft9sW	6–13ggusts 20 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.6m ↑ high	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 16°C

LW 04:28 −1.9m
HW 10:39 +0.8m
LW 17:02 −1.8m
HW 23:12 +0.5m
Sunrise 07:47
Sunset 18:22

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	1ft	1.6ft4sNNW2.1ft8sW	4–11ggusts 19 sheltered	−1.5m ↑ low	10°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.4ft4sNNW1.9ft8sW	3–13ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.3m ↑ high	11°C
fair	12:00	1ft	1.7ft8sW0.9ft4sNNW	6–18ggusts 22 ononshore	+0.5m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	1ft	2.9ft3sNNE0.9ft4sNNW	10–21 ononshore	−1.2m ↓ low	13°C
poor	18:00	1ft	1.1ft5sNW1.4ft7sWNW	11–22 ononshore	−1.7m ↑ low	14°C
poor	21:00	1ft	1.7ft5sNW1.1ft7sWNW	14–22ggusts 23 ononshore	−0.2m ↑ high	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 15.9°C

LW 05:29 −1.7m
HW 11:53 +0.6m
LW 18:18 −1.6m
Sunrise 07:49
Sunset 18:20

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1ft	1.6ft5sNNW	14–24ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.6m ↑ low	11°C
poor	09:00	1ft	1.6ft5sN	14–24ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↑ mid	12°C
poor	12:00	1ft	1.7ft5sN	12–22ggusts 29 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.6m ↓ high	14°C
poor	15:00	1ft	1.6ft5sNNE1.0ft14sW	11–19ggusts 27 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	14°C
poor	18:00	1ft	1.4ft14sW1.8ft4sNNE	16ggusts 28 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.6m ↓ low	14°C
poor	21:00	2ft	1.9ft9sNNW1.7ft8sNNW	12–19ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.8m ↑ mid	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 15.8°C

HW 00:35 +0.4m
LW 06:52 −1.5m
HW 13:25 +0.7m
LW 19:45 −1.6m
Sunrise 07:51
Sunset 18:18

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	2ft	2.2ft10sWNW1.8ft6sNNE	14ggusts 21 sheltered	−1.4m ↓ low	11°C
fair	09:00	2ft	2.1ft10sWNW1.8ft6sNNE	14ggusts 22 sheltered	−1.0m ↑ low	12°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	2.0ft9sWNW1.7ft6sNNE	9–16ggusts 22 sheltered	+0.4m ↑ high	14°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	1.8ft9sWNW1.6ft6sNNE	12ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.4m ↓ high	14°C
fair	18:00	1ft	1.7ft9sWNW1.5ft5sNNE	12ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.2m ↓ low	14°C
fair	21:00	1ft	1.5ft9sWNW1.4ft5sNNE	10ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	–	13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 15.8°C

Sunrise 07:52
Sunset 18:16

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1–2ft	3.0ft11sW	10ggusts 12 crosscross-shore	No tide forecast this far ahead	12°C
fair	09:00	1–2ft	3.0ft11sWNW	11ggusts 10 crosscross-shore		13°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	2.8ft11sWNW	12ggusts 15 sheltered		14°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	2.8ft11sW	14ggusts 15 cross-oncross-onshore		14°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	2.6ft11sW1.6ft4sN	12ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore		13°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	2.6ft11sW1.2ft3sN	10ggusts 22 cross-oncross-onshore		13°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, NOAA GFS · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS