Crantock Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the 16-day window is a tough one for Crantock. This sheltered river mouth setup is a bit of a tricky beast, and the charts are showing a pretty barren run. There's a big gap at the start with no real surf to speak of until Saturday morning the 22nd of August, and even then, it's a real struggle.

The first real chance to get wet comes Saturday morning the 22nd. We're looking at tiny 2-foot waves from the west with a 10-second period. The swell energy is a weak 114, so it's all very small. The wind is light from the east at 6 mph, which is cross-offshore and will keep the surface clean. It's ridable, but only just. You'll be scratching for scraps.

After that, it's a long, sad spell. The swell drops off to nothing, and while there's a few days of offshore winds, the waves are just too small to do anything with. The period from the 23rd right through to the end of the month is a write-off, with barely any energy in the water – those combined energy numbers are all in the double digits or low hundreds, which is just weak.

Now, there is a bit of a pulse of swell coming through around the 28th and 29th of August. We're talking 6 to 7-foot waves from the west. That's a big step up in size, and the combined energy jumps to 442 and then 638, which is moderate, pushing into strong. But here's the rub – the period is a short, weak 6 to 8 seconds, so it's all wind chop. The wind is onshore from the north-west and west, so it's going to be a messy, blown-out, choppy mess. For a river mouth, that's going to be a washing machine. Honestly, for a paddle surfer, it's a write-off. If you're into kite surfing, the big swell and strong wind might make it interesting, but for a surfboard, you can leave it.

The water temperature is ticking along about average for the time of year, so no need to worry about a wetsuit change just yet.

To sum it up: the first week is a total bust. The second week has size, but the conditions are terrible. The only tiny whisper of a chance is Saturday morning the 22nd for a micro-session on the clean, tiny waves. After that, keep an eye on the charts, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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