Water samples are taken at regular intervals during the bathing season and at the end of the season the water quality is classified as: - Excellent: the highest classification meaning the water is cleanest - Good: generally good water quality - Sufficient: meets minimum standards - Poor: You are advised not to swim. The beach will stay open and an action plan should be in place to improve the water quality.
7 Day Weather Forecast
Today Expect a temp in the range 16.8℃ to 17℃ with wind speed 3.1 m/sec (SSE)
Wednesday, Aug 17 Expect a temp in the range 16.5℃ to 17℃ with wind speed 9 m/sec (N)
Thursday, Aug 18 Expect a temp in the range 16.3℃ to 16.5℃ with wind speed 4.8 m/sec (NNW)
Friday, Aug 19 Expect a temp in the range 16.7℃ to 18.5℃ with wind speed 8.3 m/sec (WSW)
Saturday, Aug 20 Expect a temp in the range 15℃ to 15.6℃ with wind speed 5.5 m/sec (WNW)
Sunday, Aug 21 Expect a temp in the range 16.9℃ to 17.6℃ with wind speed 6 m/sec (W)
Monday, Aug 22 Expect a temp in the range 17℃ to 18.6℃ with wind speed 10.8 m/sec (WSW)
Penwith Peninsula weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK
Wherrytown Beach Tide Times
Tide times are available at around 600 locations and the closest location to Wherrytown Beach is at PENZANCE (NEWLYN) 1.45 km (0.90 miles) away. Tides are displayed beneath for up to 7 days and we list both high and low water times along with the height.
Tue 16 Aug Low Tide at 02:55 (Height 0.76m) High Tide at 08:26 (Height 5.25m) Low Tide at 15:11 (Height 0.95m) High Tide at 20:45 (Height 5.43m)
Wed 17 Aug Low Tide at 03:32 (Height 1.04m) High Tide at 09:04 (Height 5.03m) Low Tide at 15:48 (Height 1.24m) High Tide at 21:24 (Height 5.12m)
Thu 18 Aug Low Tide at 04:09 (Height 1.37m) High Tide at 09:43 (Height 4.77m) Low Tide at 16:27 (Height 1.57m) High Tide at 22:05 (Height 4.79m)
Fri 19 Aug Low Tide at 04:49 (Height 1.72m) High Tide at 10:29 (Height 4.51m) Low Tide at 17:12 (Height 1.90m) High Tide at 22:55 (Height 4.45m)
Sat 20 Aug Low Tide at 05:37 (Height 2.03m) High Tide at 11:30 (Height 4.26m) Low Tide at 18:12 (Height 2.18m) High Tide at 00:05 (Height 4.17m)
Sun 21 Aug Low Tide at 06:45 (Height 2.25m) High Tide at 12:54 (Height 4.15m) Low Tide at 19:34 (Height 2.30m)
Mon 22 Aug High Tide at 01:33 (Height 4.09m) Low Tide at 08:09 (Height 2.27m) High Tide at 14:17 (Height 4.24m) Low Tide at 20:56 (Height 2.18m)
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Porthminster Cafe is located on one of St Ives best beaches with great views over St Ives Bay towards Godrevy Lighthouse. The café is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner or you can stop by for a selection of homemade patisserie and fine coffees. Read more…
Lula Shack is a beachside seafood & ribs shack at North Quay Hayle, Cornwall. Options to sit inside and outside or take it away to enjoy on the beach or at your home. Open 7 days a week, dawn until dusk, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. All our food is made from the very best sustainable, local and seasonal food. Read more…
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Eastern Green beach is a sandy beach to the east of Penzance harbour and is also known as Penzance’s east beach. The beach stretches from Penzance harbour to Long Rock Beach at Marazion and at low tide, you can walk the whole stretch. The beach has a gentle slope which means you may have to walk out some distance to Read more…
Mousehole is a small fishing village that has a small strip of sand within the harbour and pebble/rocky beaches on either side of the harbour along with a tidal rock swimming pool. This is a typical Cornish fishing village with narrow lanes to explore with hidden shops, galleries and places to eat. A car park by the harbour but the streets Read more…
Long Rock is a sand and pebbles beach that has a shallow gradient so a lot of water before it gets deep which makes safe family swimming. The beach sits in the middle of the long stretch of sand within Mount’s Bay. No direct lifeguards but the east end of the beach touches on the Marazion beach that does have Read more…
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Penlee House Gallery and Museum is a small museum and art gallery contains many paintings by the ‘Newlyn School’ (c.1880 – c.1940) including Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes, Walter Langley, Harold Harvey and Laura Knight. Set in an elegant Victorian house and park, Penlee House also covers West Cornwall’s archaeology and social history, and offers a cafe and shop. Read more…
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The old Market House is an imposing building in the main shopping street of Penzance which is now a bank. The statue outside is of Humphry Davy, the inventor of the Davy Lamp. Read more…
Penlee lifeboat station had its first lifeboat in the early 1800s and now operates offshore and inshore lifeboats. Station only open by appointment whilst the shop is open during the summer but limited in the winter. Read more…