Port Quin, Cornwall Weather
About Port Quin, Cornwall
Port Quin remains a sequestered inlet where the restless Atlantic salt air clings to the weathered stone of its few surviving cottages. It lies 4.5 miles north-east of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 44°T, OS grid SW 969 804), and is situated west-north-west of Trelights village. Steep cliffs rise sharply on either side of the narrow cove, funnelling the wind into a rhythmic sigh that echoes the former toil of pilchard fishermen. The remnants of a once-thriving industry linger in the ruined Doyden Castle, a folly that stands guard over the headland like a silent, sentinel ghost. Only a short walk away, the rugged expanse of Lundy Bay offers a raw, unadorned beauty where the tide retreats to reveal jagged slate teeth. Port Quin bears the weight of its isolation with a quiet dignity, eschewing the clamour of modern harbours for the solitude of the deep, blue-green water. Beyond the harbour walls, the landscape stretches toward the horizon, where the light shifts with the passing clouds to cast fleeting shadows upon the ancient, grass-tufted slopes.
Flight conditions near Port Quin. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Port Quin and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Port Quin, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Quin, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Port Quin includes coordinates 50.58852, -4.869548, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Port Quin is available on the Port Quin map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.