West Cornwall · faces NNW

Porthmeor

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

St Ives’ town beach, with lefts and rights over sand and the odd rock outcrop, from fun walls to heavy, hollow waves on a big swell. Facing north-west, it needs a westerly to north-westerly swell, and it’s sheltered from the south-westerly winds that blow onshore elsewhere, so it’s often clean and friendly for beginners on a soft-top or longboard when small. Offshore in a southerly. Low to mid tide is best, as it can stop breaking at high. Rips and rocks when it’s big.

BreakSwell windowSheltered from these windsPerranporth Waverider, 27km NELatest 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	1ft	5.3ft10sW	5–13 sheltered
TueTuesday13 Oct	1–2ft	4.5ft5sW	13–21 sheltered
WedWednesday14 Oct	1–2ft	5.3ft10sW	12–19 cross-offcross-offshore
ThuThursday15 Oct	2ft	7.2ft10sW	19ggusts 25 cross-offcross-offshore
FriFriday16 Oct	1–2ft	5.6ft10sW	16–22ggusts 24 ononshore
SatSaturday17 Oct	1–2ft	4.0ft9sW	2–17ggusts 20 crosscross-shore
SunSunday18 Oct	1ft	2.2ft8sWNW	1–13ggusts 19 crosscross-shore
MonMonday19 Oct	Flat	2.0ft6sN	15–24ggusts 30 cross-oncross-onshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	1ft	2.4ft11sWNW	16ggusts 24 crosscross-shore
WedWednesday21 Oct	1–2ft	3.4ft11sWNW	8–14 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

Up to 1ft · sea 16°C

LW 00:41 −3.1m
HW 06:32 +2.7m
LW 12:56 −3.1m
HW 18:49 +2.6m
Sunrise 07:39
Sunset 18:37

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	5.0ft10sW	7–14 sheltered	+2.6m ↑ high	17°C
fair	09:00	1ft	5.3ft10sW	5–13 sheltered	+0.7m ↓ mid	17°C
fair	12:00	1ft	5.3ft10sW	12ggusts 16 sheltered	−2.8m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	1ft	5.2ft10sW	14ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.7m ↑ low	18°C
poor	18:00	1ft	4.9ft10sW	14ggusts 18 cross-offcross-offshore	+2.3m ↑ high	17°C
poor	21:00	Flat	4.7ft10sW	16ggusts 21 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.0m ↓ high	18°C

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

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 16°C

LW 01:12 −3.0m
HW 07:05 +2.5m
LW 13:26 −3.1m
HW 19:22 +2.2m
Sunrise 07:41
Sunset 18:35

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	6.5ft6sWSW	17–27ggusts 35 sheltered	+2.0m ↑ high	16°C
poor	09:00	1ft	4.4ft5sW5.1ft10sW	12–22 sheltered	+1.1m ↓ high	16°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	5.5ft9sW3.2ft4sW	17ggusts 22 sheltered	−2.4m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	5.4ft9sW	16ggusts 22 sheltered	−2.4m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	1–2ft	5.4ft8sW	14ggusts 19 sheltered	+1.5m ↑ high	16°C
poor	21:00	1–2ft	5.4ft8sW	12ggusts 16 sheltered	+1.3m ↓ high	16°C

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

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 16°C

LW 01:42 −3.0m
HW 07:41 +2.2m
LW 13:57 −2.7m
HW 19:56 +2.0m
Sunrise 07:42
Sunset 18:33

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1–2ft	5.4ft9sW	7–15 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.1m ↑ high	15°C
poor	09:00	1–2ft	5.4ft10sW	10–17 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.6m ↓ high	16°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	5.2ft10sW	19ggusts 22 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.7m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	5.1ft10sW	20ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.4m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	1–2ft	5.5ft10sW	14–21ggusts 23 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.8m ↑ high	16°C
poor	21:00	1ft	5.2ft8sW	12–20ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.6m ↓ 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 2ft · sea 16°C

LW 02:10 −2.5m
HW 08:11 +2.0m
LW 14:29 −2.4m
HW 20:31 +1.7m
Sunrise 07:44
Sunset 18:31

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1–2ft	6.6ft9sW	17ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.5m ↑ high	16°C
poor	09:00	2ft	7.0ft9sW	18ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	+1.7m ↓ high	17°C
fair	12:00	2ft	7.2ft10sW	19ggusts 28 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.0m ↓ low	17°C
fair	15:00	2ft	7.4ft9sW	10–20ggusts 26 cross-offcross-offshore	−2.4m ↑ low	18°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	7.6ft9sW	19ggusts 23 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.1m ↑ mid	17°C
poor	21:00	1–2ft	7.5ft9sW	9–19ggusts 23 sheltered	+1.6m ↓ 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 15.9°C

LW 02:43 −2.2m
HW 08:46 +1.5m
LW 15:03 −2.3m
HW 21:10 +1.2m
Sunrise 07:46
Sunset 18:29

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1–2ft	5.8ft10sW3.1ft4sNNW	15–24 ononshore	−0.2m ↑ mid	14°C
poor	09:00	1–2ft	5.6ft10sW3.1ft4sNNW	20ggusts 25 ononshore	+1.5m ↓ high	15°C
poor	12:00	2ft	5.6ft10sW2.9ft4sNNW	19ggusts 27 ononshore	−0.6m ↓ mid	15°C
poor	15:00	2ft	5.5ft10sW	19ggusts 27 ononshore	−2.3m ↓ low	15°C
poor	18:00	2ft	5.4ft10sW	18ggusts 25 ononshore	−0.7m ↑ mid	14°C
poor	21:00	2ft	5.4ft10sW	17ggusts 24 cross-oncross-onshore	+1.2m ↑ high	14°C

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

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 15.8°C

LW 03:23 −2.0m
HW 09:28 +1.1m
LW 15:49 −1.9m
HW 21:56 +0.8m
Sunrise 07:47
Sunset 18:27

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1–2ft	4.6ft9sW	5–19 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.8m ↑ mid	14°C
poor	09:00	1–2ft	4.3ft9sW	4–16ggusts 19 crosscross-shore	+1.0m ↑ high	14°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	4.0ft9sW	2–17ggusts 20 crosscross-shore	−0.1m ↓ mid	14°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	3.7ft9sW	5–17ggusts 20 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.8m ↓ low	14°C
poor	18:00	1ft	3.4ft9sW	5–18ggusts 21 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.1m ↑ low	14°C
poor	21:00	1ft	3.2ft9sW2.0ft4sN	4–17ggusts 22 crosscross-shore	+0.6m ↑ high	14°C

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

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 15.7°C

LW 04:11 −1.8m
HW 10:22 +0.7m
LW 16:46 −1.7m
HW 22:59 +0.4m
Sunrise 07:49
Sunset 18:25

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	2.4ft8sWNW2.0ft5sN	2–11ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	−1.2m ↑ low	10°C
poor	09:00	1ft	2.2ft8sWNW1.6ft5sN	1–13ggusts 19 crosscross-shore	+0.4m ↑ high	11°C
poor	12:00	Flat	2.0ft8sWNW	4–18ggusts 24 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.3m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	1ft	1.8ft8sWNW3.2ft4sNNE	8–21 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.2m ↓ low	13°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.6ft8sWNW0.9ft5sNNW	10–22 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.4m ↑ low	14°C
poor	21:00	Flat	1.6ft6sNW1.1ft7sWNW	12–23 ononshore	−0.1m ↑ 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 15.6°C

LW 05:11 −1.6m
HW 11:39 +0.5m
LW 18:02 −1.5m
Sunrise 07:50
Sunset 18:23

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	Flat	2.0ft6sN	16–24ggusts 30 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.5m ↑ low	11°C
poor	09:00	1ft	2.2ft6sN0.7ft14sNW	14–23ggusts 30 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.3m ↑ mid	12°C
poor	12:00	1ft	2.6ft6sN0.9ft14sW	11–20ggusts 29 crosscross-shore	+0.5m ↓ high	13°C
poor	15:00	1ft	2.5ft5sNNE1.3ft13sW	16ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.5m ↓ mid	14°C
poor	18:00	1ft	1.7ft13sWNW2.3ft5sNNE	17ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.5m ↓ low	14°C
poor	21:00	1ft	2.0ft11sWNW2.2ft7sNNE	19ggusts 25 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.7m ↑ mid	14°C

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

Tuesday 20 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 15.5°C

HW 00:20 +0.4m
LW 06:32 −1.4m
HW 13:07 +0.6m
LW 19:25 −1.5m
Sunrise 07:52
Sunset 18:21

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	2.4ft11sWNW1.9ft5sNNE	15ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	−1.4m ↓ low	12°C
fair	09:00	1ft	2.4ft11sWNW	16ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	−0.9m ↑ low	13°C
poor	12:00	1ft	2.2ft10sW	11–21ggusts 24 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.4m ↑ high	15°C
poor	15:00	Flat	2.0ft10sW	10–20ggusts 24 crosscross-shore	+0.2m ↓ high	15°C
poor	18:00	Flat	1.8ft10sW	15ggusts 25 crosscross-shore	−1.3m ↓ low	14°C
fair	21:00	1ft	1.8ft8sNNW1.6ft6sNNW	14ggusts 25 crosscross-shore	–	14°C

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

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 1–2ft · sea 15.5°C

Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 18:19

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1–2ft	3.5ft11sWNW	7–13ggusts 16 crosscross-shore	No tide forecast this far ahead	13°C
fair	09:00	1–2ft	3.4ft11sWNW	12ggusts 14 crosscross-shore		13°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	3.4ft11sWNW	13ggusts 14 crosscross-shore		14°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	3.3ft11sWNW	14ggusts 17 crosscross-shore		15°C
fair	18:00	1–2ft	3.1ft11sWNW	14ggusts 18 crosscross-shore		14°C
fair	21:00	1–2ft	3.0ft11sWNW2.1ft5sN	13ggusts 21 crosscross-shore		13°C

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