Surf Forecasts:
Crooklets-Bude surf forecast from 7 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period, W swell with 1,321 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Crooklets-Bude this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Crooklets-Bude in the next 16 days are 1.8m 14s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) 14s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Crooklets-Bude over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks.
Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough run. We’ve got a solid 16-day window, but the first week and a half is a real write-off. The surf is there, but the wind is just trashing it. We’re looking at a persistent run of cross-onshore and onshore winds, mostly from the west and southwest, that’s leaving the ocean lumpy, choppy, and messy. The wave energy is mostly moderate to moderate-strong (1237 dropping to 66), but it’s all wasted. The swell is coming from the west, which is what Crooklets-Bude likes, but the conditions are just poor.
The first tiny glimmer of hope doesn’t pop up until Tuesday, the 15th of September. On Tuesday morning, the wind eases right off to a light breeze and the swell period stretches out to a nice 12 seconds. The combined energy (360) is still moderate, with a swell of 3 ft from the west-northwest. It’s still cross-onshore, so it’s not going to be perfect, but it bumps the score up to a “marginal” call. It’s a blip, not a breakthrough.
Then, honestly, the wind gets nasty again. We get a massive pulse of swell on Thursday the 17th of September, with the combined energy going through the roof (3345) and a solid 13 ft swell from the west-northwest. That’s expert-only territory, and the wind is a fresh cross-onshore, so it’s going to be a washing machine out there. That continues through the weekend with big, lumpy, messy surf.
The best of the bunch, the only real standout, arrives on the final day of the forecast: Tuesday, the 22nd of September. The morning brings a clean offshore breeze from the north-northeast, which is a major positive. The swell is 6 ft from the west with a period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy is moderate (402). The wind will clean up the face, making it the only session in the whole 16 days that looks like a proper surf. The water temp is about average for the time of year here, so nothing unusual to report. Crowds are often a thing at Crooklets-Bude, so it might get a bit busy, but when you’ve been waiting this long, you take what you can get.
So, to sum it up: the first week is a bomb. The second week has some big, messy, expert-only swell. The one ray of light is that Tuesday morning, the 22nd of September – if you can wait that long, that’s the one to target.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Wed afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SW by Sat afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 13 | W 13 | W 11 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 5 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1237 | 928 | 890 | 553 | 554 | 534 | 273 | 161 | 80 | 45 | 27 | 329 | 264 | 167 | 60 | 65 | 226 | 229 | 160 | 112 | 92 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 3:26PM6.00m | 4:06AM6.10m | 4:34PM6.60m | 5:04AM6.68m | 5:26PM7.23m | 5:51AM7.22m | 6:10PM7.73m | 6:32AM7.62m | 6:50PM8.04m | 7:10AM7.84m | 7:27PM8.12m | 7:46AM7.86m | 8:03PM7.98m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:11AM2.18m | 9:57PM1.79m | 10:25AM1.66m | 10:59PM1.20m | 11:19AM1.07m | 11:47PM0.64m | 12:03PM0.57m | 00:28AM0.24m | 12:42PM0.22m | 1:04AM0.02m | 1:18PM0.06m | 1:38AM0.00m | 1:52PM0.09m | 2:11AM0.18m | |||||||
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 | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — |
 | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
mm | — | — | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 13 | W 13 | — | — | — | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 7 | W 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 1237 | 928 | — | — | — | — | 273 | 161 | 80 | 45 | 10 | 329 | 264 | 167 | 60 | 65 | — | 229 | 160 | 112 | 92 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 5 | WSW 8 | W 7 | — | — | — | NNW 4 | W 14 | — | W 15 | W 14 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 13 | W 12 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 11 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | — | — | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | WSW 4 | W 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 890 | 553 | 554 | 534 | 66 | 25 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 226 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 84 | 55 | 45 | 84 | 276 | 88 | 83 | 45 | 12 | 95 | 240 | 59 | 45 | 54 | 2 | 45 | 238 | 55 | 276 | 238 | 12 |
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