Porthgwarra, Cornwall Weather
About Porthgwarra, Cornwall
Porthgwarra emerges from the granite spine of the Cornish coast like a secret kept by the tide. It lies 6.0 miles south of St Just (from St Just: bearing 177°T, OS grid SW 371 217), and is situated west-south-west of St Levan village. The Atlantic pushes against the cove with a rhythmic, bruising weight, scouring the rock until it shines with the pale, salt-bleached luminescence of bone. Above the slipway, the Porthgwarra Ullies remain as stoic reminders of a time when the sea dictated the survival of those who laboured here. Further inland, the marshy dampness of Pol Ledan gathers the runoff from the high cliffs, creating a quiet, verdant lung in an otherwise harsh environment. Porthgwarra retains a singular, austere character, defined by the relentless grit of the wind and the absence of artifice. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, a grey-blue expanse that swallows the light long before the sun finally dips into the deep water. Even in the stillness, the air tastes of iodine and cold stone, a sharp reminder that this edge of England belongs more to the ocean than the land.
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About This Porthgwarra, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porthgwarra, 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 Porthgwarra includes coordinates 50.038129, -5.67237, 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 Porthgwarra is available on the Porthgwarra 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.