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Porthleven

Break
Reef
Skill level
Advanced
Best season
Winter
Crowds
High
Swell
SW, W
Wind
N, NE

Hazards

England's premier big-wave reef - a heavy right-hand slab off the harbour wall in south Cornwall. Cold-water Hawaii on its day.

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