Crantock Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what Crantock’s got coming our way over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, it’s a pretty grim stretch for a while. The waves are small, the wind is messy, and nearly every session gets written off as poor surf conditions. You’ll be waiting more than a week before anything starts to look half decent.

The best of the bunch, and really the only one worth getting excited about, is the early part of Friday the 28th of August. That morning, we’ve got a 5 ft swell rolling in from the west with a period of 7 seconds. The energy is building, with a combined energy value of (255). And here’s the kicker – the wind is a light breeze from the ENE, blowing clean and cross-offshore. That’ll leave the faces pretty tidy. It’s still not perfect, described as surfable but very ordinary, but given how rough the rest of the window is, that’s your standout. Just be aware, a 5 ft wave is getting chunky for beginners.

For the rest of the first week, it’s all cross-on and onshore breezes, with swell heights climbing but the wind ruining any chance of quality. By Wednesday the 19th, we’ve got 6 ft to 7 ft of west-northwest swell, but it’s blowing 18 to 21 mph from the same direction, making it lumpy and cross-onshore. That’s more of a battle than a session, and with that much wind and chop, you might be better off rigging a kite.

There’s a long, quiet spell right through the middle of the outlook. From the 23rd of August onwards, the swell drops right off, with days of 1 ft to 2 ft, and often from the north – Crantock is a sheltered spot, so that doesn’t help. The water temperature on the first day is 67°F, which is noted as much warmer than normal for the time of year, with an anomaly of 4°. So you’ll be surfing in a warm bath, just without any waves.

Later on, around the 26th and 27th, we finally see some offshore winds from the southeast, keeping things clean, but the swell is tiny – 1.0 ft to 2 ft. It’s clean but too small to do much with. Then on the 29th of August, Saturday morning, a 7 ft west-northwest swell arrives, but again the wind is cross-on and choppy. That size is getting into expert-only territory, especially blown out.

The very last day of the month, Monday the 31st of August, has a 7 ft west swell with a 545 combined energy value, but the wind is cross-shore and the morning report only calls it marginal. There’s a chance it cleans up, but don’t bank on it.

So, to wrap it up: your best bet is the morning of Friday the 28th of August. Everything else in this 16-day window is either too small, too windy, or both. It’s a long, flat run but the forecasts can change, and round here it never stays poor forever.

Rusty

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