Weather and Climate

It's not commonly known, but the highest average swell size in any month, is not in the Southern

Sennen 14:30. F2 offshore SSE wind, 17Cish, sunshine, & 6-8' of clean surf. ​​ Virtually no

I should have said 'bodyboarding', which clearly isn't always for wimps who can't

THe swell height forecasts, which showed a peak around 5.5m just off Lands End several days in

Could be 4 m waves Len On Wednesday, 20 August 2025 at 09:32:40 UTC+1 Graham Easterling wrote: With

That's an excellent photo of a surfer. The other pictures aren't bad! We (sadly) rarely get

Said DB on the BBC Spotlight weather at 6pm yesterday, summing up Monday's conditions. (??!!) A

Still a big swell on the north coast. Sennen 10am. Jumping on the beach rock whilst the waves crash

That's the theory! Though the sea never ceases to surprse. This morning The photo I posted a week

Synoptic setup right for a VERY big swell. Nice great circle route for thousands of miles. Cornwall

Before someone tells me, the typing of the first sentence leaves a lot to be desired. Graham On

I'm just pulling your leg :) I did initially think the video was from the same day though. On

The MetO always show a shorter period than the more specialist sites. They seem to take some sort of

Penzance is completely blown flat this monring, with a directly offshore F7-8. No trains at all The

Soon brightened up. Prom 11:00 with a rather attractive wind wave splashing over the prom Graham

No particularly strong winds, peak at F5 in Penzance, maximum gust just 44mph on the cliff tops near

Thanks Len. I think compulsory PCR tests at the Tamar would be part of the answer! Thoroughly

Bit of a Foehn effect in Penzance as the mist descends into the bay on a F2 westerly wind. Doesn'

Some classic big clean surf conditions, with basically no wind over Cornwall, and plenty of activity

Spells of sunshine today, more generally cloudy now. Quite muggy feel out of the breeze, maximum

That satpic shows the sea breeze convergence beautifully and would be of great interest to glider

Some pics of Penzance prom about the same time and a train approaching Penzance station So not a gale

Should read Saturday's swell! Graham On Friday 5 April 2024 at 16:16:23 UTC+1 Graham Easterling

Nothing much has happened here, the strongest winds seem to have gone up the channel and onto the

2 web CAM grabs moments apart @ 17:10. SE facing Mousehole NW Facing Sennen No big swell, a locally

Graham: "It's great in west Cornwall having beaches facing in every direction." Well up

It was a really pleasant day yesterday, temperature reached 12.4C in early spring sunshine - but ..

See my post about the very different effect of those SE winds to the lee of the Scottish mountains.

Big quite powerful swell, spring tide, low pressure. Just to give an idea of scale those black spots

Sunshine continues. A stroll along the beach behind Long Rock industrial estate to Marazion. Near