Surf Forecasts:
Crantock surf forecast from 3 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 5 Sep, 10AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period, WNW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 12s period, W swell with 1,656 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 5 Sep, 10AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Crantock this week:
The surf forecast for Crantock over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Sep 05) at 10AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.4m and 11s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 14s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Crantock in the next 16 days are 2.4m 12s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Sep 06) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10AM (Sat 5th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 11s |
| Best Surf | 10AM (Sat 5th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 8ft (2.4m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Crantock over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Crantock over the next couple of weeks.
To be straight with you, this is a pretty poor stretch of surf ahead. The first few days are a write-off due to choppy, messy wind, and it doesn’t really get going until Saturday the 5th. There’s a long gap of mostly unfishable conditions before and after that.
The first real glimmer of hope arrives on Saturday morning, the 5th of September. It’s not big, but the conditions are the best we’ll see for a long while. The wind is dead calm, glassy as a mirror, and we’ve got a clean 5ft swell rolling in from the WNW with an 11-second period. That’s a proper little groundswell, so the energy is decent – combined energy sits at 476 (moderate). It’ll be clean and lined up, but with that period and a west-ish direction, it’s going to break a bit straight on the beach. Your best bet is to look for where a sandbank has formed a bit of a point. Expect it to be small and clean, perfect for a longboard. The water temp is around average for this time of year, so no major surprises there.
Saturday afternoon the swell drops back to 4ft but stays glassy. It’s surfable, but very ordinary – small and a bit weak.
After that, the wheels fall off again. Sunday morning the 6th has a little 2ft swell with clean offshore SE wind, but it’s tiny. Then from Monday the 7th right through to the end of the second week, the wind turns onshore, the swell gets lumpy and choppy, or it’s just too weak to bother. Monday the 7th sees a 7ft swell from the west, but it’s cross-onshore and messy – that’s a lot of water moving but no quality. That 10ft bump on Tuesday the 8th? Same story, just big and blown out; that’s expert-only territory if you even want to try it, but I wouldn’t. There’s also a tiny 1ft day right at the end on the 18th – just not worth paddling out for.
The one true standout is Saturday morning, the 5th. The window is small, but if you can get on it early, you’ll get the cleanest waves of the entire outlook. For the rest, honestly, you’re better off waiting for the next system to roll through.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed night, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Thu night, calm by Sat afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Sat night, fresh winds from the W by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 11 | W 12 | W 11 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 263 | 235 | 427 | 597 | 549 | 430 | 469 | 326 | 120 | 57 | 53 | 639 | 1347 | 988 | 971 | 1299 | 955 | 549 | 239 | 136 | 61 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | on | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 9:46AM5.87m | 10:12PM5.68m | 10:38AM5.44m | 11:12PM5.19m | 11:48AM5.04m | 00:35AM4.84m | 1:21PM4.91m | 2:12AM4.87m | 2:52PM5.18m | 3:32AM5.24m | 4:00PM5.69m | 4:31AM5.74m | 4:52PM6.23m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 4:00PM1.10m | 4:27AM1.36m | 4:58PM1.53m | 5:33AM1.79m | 6:21PM1.87m | 7:09AM2.02m | 8:06PM1.87m | 8:47AM1.83m | 9:32PM1.48m | 9:59AM1.38m | 10:33PM0.96m | 10:53AM0.87m | 11:22PM0.49m | ||||||||
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 | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — |
 | — | 8:01 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | — | W 8 | WSW 14 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 15 | W 12 | — | — | — | — | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 21 | 23 | — | 597 | 20 | 85 | 469 | 326 | 120 | 57 | 53 | 153 | 1347 | — | — | — | — | 549 | 239 | 136 | 61 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | WSW 14 | — | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 20 | — | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 13 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | — | W 9 | W 9 | — | — | SE 3 | SSE 4 | SW 3 | W 11 | — | W 11 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | N 6 | N 6 | — | — |
| kJ | 263 | 235 | 427 | — | 549 | 430 | — | — | 4 | 14 | 5 | 639 | — | 988 | 971 | 1299 | 955 | 40 | 40 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3 | 217 | 217 | 225 | 230 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 206 | 230 | 239 | 512 | 28 | 559 | 217 | 97 | 40 | 205 | 33 |
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