Crackington Haven Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s get into it.

Right now, for the full 16 days, it’s a grim picture at Crackington Haven. Most of this stretch offers up little more than small, junky waves with onshore or cross-onshore wind messing everything up. It’s one of those runs where you’re better off on the sand with a coffee than in the water.

For the first week, from Friday the 3rd through to the 11th of July, it’s pretty much a washout. The swell is tiny – mostly between 2ft and 4ft – and the wind is consistently cross-on or onshore, kicking up chop. Friday morning the 3rd is about the best early on, with a clean 4ft swell from the west at a 10-second period, but the cross-shore wind leaves it looking average. The wave energy is only moderate at 284 (combined energy). Water temp is a warm 64°, which is much warmer than normal for the time of year, so you won’t freeze watching the ripples. But from Saturday right through the end of the first week, it’s all scores of zero.

We then hit a proper dry spell. From Friday the 3rd all the way to Monday the 13th, there’s nothing worth a paddle. That’s a gap of eight or nine days of really poor conditions. The only flicker is by Tuesday the 14th, when things shift a bit. There’s a clean 3ft swell from the west with moderate energy (152 combined) and a fresh offshore wind from the east-southeast. It’s clean, but still small. That repeats on Wednesday the 15th with similar 3ft waves and fresh offshore breeze, so the surface will be glassy, but you’re looking at small, weak waves.

The only real standout – and I mean the only one – comes on Saturday the 18th of July. It’s still far out, so don’t count on it yet, but the numbers look good. We’re talking a solid 5ft swell from the west-southwest, with a decent 9-second period. That’s the biggest surf of the whole forecast. The combined wave energy jumps up to a strong 400 (combined). There’s a gentle onshore breeze from the northwest, so it won’t be perfectly clean, but for height and power it’s the best on offer. That’s expert territory – over 5ft – so beginners stay out. It’s an exposed beach break here at Crackington Haven (Crackington-Haven), and the optimum swell direction is west-northwest, so this westerly swell is a good match. Crowds can sometimes show up here, but on a day that size, it might keep the crowds thin.

So, if you’re hanging on for one day, it’s that Saturday the 18th. Everything before that is mostly flat, choppy, or just too small to bother with.

- Rusty

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