Carbis Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's on the cards. I've been staring at the charts for Carbis Bay and, to be brutally honest, it's a grim run. For the next 16 days, the whole picture is pretty poor. We've got one or two tiny windows where it's *almost* surfable, but nothing you'd want to drive any distance for. There's a big gap of consistent rubbish, so don't get your hopes up too early.

Starting off on Friday the 24th of July, it's tiny. Nasty 2ft of windswell with a north wind blowing cross-onshore and making a mess. Not a chance. That carries on through the weekend. Saturday the 25th is even worse, with a 0.7ft WNW swell mixing with a strong cross-shore wind. The combined swell energy is only 16 – that's next to nothing. Sunday the 26th sees a jump in height to 7ft, and the energy hits 422, which is a lot, but it's a short period 7 second windswell and a fresh cross-shore breeze is going to make it lumpy and horrible. Not for beginners at that size, and with those conditions, it's not for anyone really.

Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th are the only flickers of hope. Monday morning drops to 3ft with less wind, but it's still crossed up. The afternoon cleans up a touch with a cross-offshore breeze. Tuesday the 28th morning is the standout of a very bad bunch. The swell is just 2ft from the WNW with a 9-second period, the wind is light and cross-off from the SSE, and it's clean. The energy is weak at 86. It's surfable, but it's absolutely tiny and weak, better for a longboard. The water temperature is sitting at 64°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for the time of year. After that, it's back to small, messy, cross-shore junk for the rest of the week and into the start of August. There's a gap of several days with absolutely nothing recommended.

We get a pulse of bigger swell on Monday the 3rd of August – 5ft to 6ft from the WSW – and the energy is serious, up to 416, but the period is short and the wind is a moderate cross-shore or cross-onshore, just chopping it up. It's a classic case of all that power being wasted. Tuesday the 4th of August has a clean 5ft swell with a cross-offshore breeze in the morning, so the shape will be there, but again the period is a paltry 7 seconds and wind is moderate. The size means it's pushing into the zone where beginners would struggle.

The very end of the run, around the 8th of August, we see some 3ft swell with a better 10-second period, but the wind is up and the rain showers are in the forecast. It's just consistently disappointing. If you're a kitesurfer, those days with bigger swell and strong cross-shore winds from the 3rd onwards might look more interesting than a paddle session, but for the rest of us, it's a blank run. It's one of those spots where this kind of pattern is a bit more normal for mid-summer.

Rusty.

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