Crantock Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s take a look at what’s in store for Crantock. Honestly, it’s a pretty quiet picture for the next couple of weeks. The forecast shows a long run of small, weak surf with hardly any real push. The swell energy is sitting really low, with values around 81 and 79 in the early part, and it doesn’t get much better for quite a while. We’re looking at a stretch where there’s almost nothing worth paddling out for.

The first real glimmer comes on Friday, July 10th. We get a small, clean window. The morning sees a 3ft swell out of the west, with a 9-second period. It’s not powerful, but the wind turns cross-off from the east-northeast at 6 mph, cleaning things right up. The combined energy is still weak, only 135, but it’s the best we’ve got. The afternoon stays similar with 3ft waves and clean conditions, though the period drops to 8 seconds. If you’re desperate for a splash, that Friday is your only real shout.

For the rest of the first week and into the second, it’s a lot of nothing. The swell barely gets over 3ft, and when it does, the wind is often onshore or cross-onshore. The water temperature here is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual.

Looking further out, there’s a slight uptick around Tuesday, July 22nd, where the morning shows a 2ft west swell with a 9-second period and cross-off wind from the southwest at 12 mph. It’s clean, but the energy is still low at 52. By that stage we’ll know more, but it’s nothing to get excited about now.

So, for a place like Crantock, this kind of flat spell isn’t unusual. The setup is a sheltered river break, and with the swell direction coming from the west, which is about right for it, we just don’t have any size or power to work with. I’d say give it a miss for now and keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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