Crooklets-Bude Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this forecast is a tough one. We’re looking at a long, dry spell for Crooklets-Bude. The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off for surf. There’s nothing here that’s going to get you out of bed, but we’ll walk through it so you know what you’re missing.

The pattern is flat and poor. We start with tiny, weak swell. Monday the 20th has a miserable 1ft from the NNW with a shockingly short 4-second period, meaning zero push. The combined energy is a pathetic 17. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the NE, so it’s clean, but with no waves, it doesn’t matter. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

Tuesday the 21st is the same story – a little 2ft, 5-second slop. Energy is still weak at 38. Wednesday the 22nd sees a tiny bump to 3ft, but it’s still short-period and cross-shore or cross-on, keeping it messy and un-rideable.

Thursday the 23rd morning is a heartbreaker. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, but the swell is only 2ft. It’s clean as a whistle, but there’s barely a ripple. That’s the closest we get to a window, and it’s a bust.

We then have a gap of several days of complete rubbish. Friday the 24th is flat with just 0.7ft. Saturday the 25th sees a bit more size – 3ft to 4ft from the WNW – but the onshore wind is howling at 19 mph, making it a lumpy, blown-out mess. The energy is still poor at 72.

Sunday the 26th is the most interesting but also the most frustrating. The swell jumps to 6ft (energy 358), which is moderate, but it’s a short-period windswell (7 seconds) and the wind is cross-on and choppy. It’s too big for beginners and messy for everyone else. Honestly, with that wind and swell, it looks more like a kite-surfing setup than a paddle-surfing one.

The rest of the week into the start of August stays poor. Monday the 27th through to Tuesday the 4th of August is a relentless run of onshore winds, lumpy conditions, and weak, short-period swell. The size never gets above 4ft, and the wind is always cross-on or onshore. The combined energy stays in the weak to moderate range (45 to 131), never enough to overcome the chop.

There is no standout. There is no best day. The entire 16-day forecast is a blank. For an area like this, that’s a real bummer, but it happens. Keep your eyes on the charts; things can change quick. Rusty.

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