Porthleven Firing

The expected swell arrived down in the UK's south west over the weekend and conditions at many spots were awesome. Porthleven is known to be one of the UK's best spots, and it was absolutely pumping on Saturday ... click here for pics, vid clip is at the end.

Here's our brief take on Cornwall's finest:

"Fickle, splendid wave. Known for its hollow rights over a flat rock shelf, it gets sucky at low to mid tide, when pretty square barrels are possible. Higher tides are OK too but dead high is often rippy, back-washed and flat. Needs very big west, or solid / big southwest swell. 3-10ft plus. Advanced! Crowded if it ever gets on in summer. Can get awesome."

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