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Portreath , Harbour
Portreath. Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Portreath

Surf town · UK

Score a trip to Portreath

Surf, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 16 places

16 places to stay within 2 km, 1 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 16 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 19 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Chapel Porth · about 10 min by car · stays in Porthtowan

    43 out of 100
  • Porthleven Beach · about 35 min by car · stays in Porthleven

    43 out of 100
  • Portcew · about 35 min by car · stays in Porthleven

    42 out of 100
  • Praa Sands · about 35 min by car · stays in Praa Sands

    42 out of 100
  • Penhale · about 30 min by car · stays in Newquay

    40 out of 100
  • Porthtowan · about 10 min by car · stays in Porthtowan

    40 out of 100
  • Gwithian · about 15 min by car · stays in St. Ives

    37 out of 100
  • Perranporth · about 25 min by car · stays in Perranporth

    35 out of 100
All 19 surf spots
  • Portreath · about 5 min by car

    35 out of 100
  • Trevaunance · about 20 min by car · stays in St. Agnes

    33 out of 100
  • Perranuthnoe · about 35 min by car · stays in Perranuthnoe

    27 out of 100
  • Crantock · about 35 min by car · stays in Crantock

    26 out of 100
  • Peter's point · about 20 min by car · stays in St. Ives

    26 out of 100
  • Breakwater · about 25 min by car · stays in St. Ives · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Carbis Bay · about 25 min by car · stays in Carbis Bay · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Hayle Rivermouth · about 25 min by car · stays in Hayle · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Porthleven · about 35 min by car · stays in Porthleven · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • Prussia Cove · about 35 min by car · stays in Marazion · Not for intermediates

    –, no score
  • St. Ives harbour wall. · about 25 min by car · stays in St. Ives · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Portreath.

Places to eat

2 near Portreath

Places to eat near Portreath

  • Waterfront InnSeafood · 0.1 km from the centreFood hygiene 5 of 5, Sep 2026
  • Bait ShedSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation; food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency (Open Government Licence). Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Portreath.

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Photos of Portreath

The harbour Portreath
Photo: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The main street of Portreath
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Shops, The Square, Portreath, Cornwall - August 2026
Photo: Mutney, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Portreath

where it is, what is near

Portreath is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

From Portreath you can reach 19 surf spots.

The nearest is Portreath, a surf spot under 0.1 km from the centre.

Overture lists 16 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY), 29 km away.

In Cornwall · England · United Kingdom

  • 16 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY), 29 km, Exeter International Airport (EXT), 143 km, Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 186 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).