Crooklets-Bude Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.

Well, I’ll be honest with you, it’s a pretty grim outlook for Crooklets-Bude. The whole 16-day window is a flat, choppy mess with nothing to get excited about. There’s a huge gap of poor conditions from the start, all the way through. You’re looking at a solid two weeks of tiny, weak waves and messy wind.

For Friday the 31st of July, we’ve got a tiny 2ft swell from the WNW, but it’s a short-period 5-second windswell with a weak combined energy of just 41. The wind is a moderate cross-onshore breeze at 12 mph, making things choppy and poor. The water temperature is 65°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you won’t be in the water long because there’s no surf to ride.

Saturday the 1st of August drops even further, with a 1ft swell and a 10-second period, but the energy is a feeble 53. It’s still cross-onshore, so it’s a write-off. Sunday the 2nd gives us a brief moment of clean surf in the morning with an offshore ESE wind at 6 mph, but the swell is only 1ft with a period of 8 seconds and energy of 22. It’s surfable for a longboard, but it’s not going to be any kind of standout.

Monday the 3rd of August morning is glassy – a 3 mph NE wind, 2ft swell from the west, 9-second period, and energy of 60. That’s the cleanest it’s going to get, but even then, the waves are tiny and weak. The rest of the week is a blur of cross-onshore winds, choppy conditions, and tiny swell, with the occasional rain shower.

Into the second week, it’s more of the same. Tuesday the 11th of August morning has a totally glassy, calm wind, with a 2ft swell from the west, a 10-second period, and energy of 51. That’s clean, but again, barely a ripple. By the 14th and 15th of August, the wind picks up to a fresh breeze of 19-22 mph and the swell is still only 2ft to 3ft, but it’s onshore, choppy, and lumpy. The combined energy hits 86, but it’s a messy, short-period windswell.

Honestly, there’s no standout. There’s no day where you’d bother paddling out unless you’re desperate. The swell is too small, the period is too short, and the wind is almost always wrong. For a beginner, the tiny waves might be fine, but the chop and cross-onshore winds make it ugly. For anyone else, it’s a total bust. The setup looks more interesting for a kite than a paddle board, to be honest. It’s one of those runs where the forecast is just against us. But it tends not to stay this poor for long, so keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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