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Treyarnon 65.6

#2679 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cornwall · near Penzance

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Treyarnon, United Kingdom
Photo: Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score65.6 /100
Surfable days89% of the year
Clean days19% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell37% period 11 s+
Typical size1.4 m 4.7 ft median
Water14°C a 4/3 with boots

Best time to surf Treyarnon

The best time to surf Treyarnon is February, March, April. It rarely works. In February the water sits around 10°C, so pack a 5/4 with boots and hood, and the typical wave is 2.5 m. The nearest airport is CWL (153 km) and the nearest town is Penzance (58 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan90%21%2.0 m10°C5/4
Feb88%38%2.5 m10°C5/4
Mar97%34%1.7 m10°C5/4
Apr87%28%1.2 m11°C5/4
May92%12%1.1 m13°C4/3
Jun86%6%1.0 m15°C4/3
Jul78%2%0.9 m18°C3/2
Aug83%2%1.0 m18°C3/2
Sep88%12%1.2 m17°C3/2
Oct93%13%1.7 m15°C4/3
Nov95%27%2.2 m13°C4/3
Dec88%27%2.3 m12°C5/4

What is under Treyarnon

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 26 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 38 m against 26 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out26 m
Depth 4 km out16 m
Channel beside it38 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 65.6

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
14.8
Best days 22.4%
16.6
Clean days 18.4%
8.5
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.3
Access 4.1%
2.3

The detail

Faces 310° with 58% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 51% of days. Mean peak period 10.5 s. Days over 3 m: 11%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.1 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 37%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 50.526, -5.023 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,560/ month
typically €1,370 – €1,740
Rent, one bedroom€816
Groceries€327
Eating out€187
Getting around€110
Phone + internet€115
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€3,030/ month
typically €2,670 – €3,400
Somewhere to stay€1,790
Eating out€638
Car, transfers, fuel€412
Data + extras€196
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for United Kingdom (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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