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Surf Forecasts:
Croyde surf forecast from 15 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 22 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period, W swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 20 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period, W swell with 312 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 22 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Croyde this week:
The surf forecast for Croyde over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 22) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 13s. Another secondary swell of 0.4m and 3s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Croyde in the next 16 days are 1.8m 7s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Aug 20) at 4AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.3m 3s period and expected on Friday (Aug 21) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 4AM (Thu 20th Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Croyde over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s get this out there.
The next couple weeks around here are a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. There’s a whole lot of nothing happening at the start, so don’t get too antsy. We’ve got a long wait on our hands before anything worth paddling out for shows up. It’s not looking like a classic summer stretch, that’s for sure.
We’re looking at the 15th through the 21st being pretty much a write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross, and it’s just messy. The energy is weak, with combined values around 20 to 132, which is just nothing. You’d be fighting a cross-chop for waist-high slop. Not worth the wetsuit.
The 22nd and 23rd have a little pulse of west swell at 1ft to 3ft, but the period is short, only 5 to 8 seconds. The wind is offshore though, which is a silver lining. The mornings look clean, but with that little energy, it’s still a longboard or foamy session at best. You might get a fun one if you’re not picky.
Then we get a bit of a gap again until the 24th and 25th. The swell pushes up to 5ft to 6ft, and the period stretches a bit to 7 to 8 seconds. This is where things get more interesting. The energy jumps up on the 25th morning, which is the strongest we see in this whole run.
Now, the standout here has to be Croyde (North Devon) on Tuesday the 25th. The morning is looking at a 6ft west-southwest swell with a light cross-on wind. There’s some serious power in this one, but it’s over the 5ft mark, so it’s for the intermediate crew and up. For a beginner, that’s too much water moving around. The light wind is going to be key here, keeping it cleaner than what we’ve seen. This is the one to circle on the calendar.
The 24th morning has 5ft at 7 seconds, which is also surfable, but it’s not quite as clean or as strong as the 25th.
After that, the end of the month drops off again. The 28th afternoon might be glassy with a tiny 3ft wave, but it’s just ordinary. And the 30th morning shows a jump back up to 6ft, but the wind is howling at 19 mph from the NNW, making it lumpy and cross. That one’s going to be a mess, a real battle.
So, the long and short of it is: we wait for Tuesday the 25th. That’s your window. Get on it if you can.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri night, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | Tuesday 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | W 6 | W 5 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 29 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 27 | 38 | 124 | 80 | 64 | 91 | 115 | 278 | 247 | 248 | 168 | 84 | 34 | 37 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:37AM8.73m | 8:55PM8.99m | 9:15AM8.53m | 9:33PM8.63m | 9:52AM8.14m | 10:11PM8.10m | 10:29AM7.63m | 10:48PM7.45m | 11:07AM7.05m | 11:28PM6.77m | 11:50AM6.44m | 00:16AM6.13m | 12:46PM5.91m | 1:25AM5.65m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:41PM0.15m | 3:05AM0.19m | 3:18PM0.38m | 3:40AM0.55m | 3:54PM0.78m | 4:15AM1.05m | 4:30PM1.30m | 4:51AM1.63m | 5:09PM1.89m | 5:32AM2.23m | 5:56PM2.48m | 6:24AM2.78m | 7:02PM2.97m | ||||||||
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 | 6:01 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — |
 | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:35 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:29 | — | — | 8:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
Feels °C | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | W 6 | W 8 | — | SW 17 | SW 17 | W 6 | W 10 | W 9 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | W 7 | W 6 | W 9 | W 8 |
| kJ | 29 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 12 | — | 11 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 168 | 84 | 24 | 37 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | — | — | — | — | W 18 | W 9 | SW 18 | W 16 | — | — | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | — | — | — | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 7 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | W 18 | W 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 3 | W 5 | W 4 | — | W 5 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | — | W 6 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | — | NNE 3 | W 6 | NNW 3 |
| kJ | 28 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 27 | 38 | 124 | 80 | — | 91 | 115 | 278 | 247 | 248 | — | 2 | 34 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 486 | 240 | 141 | 140 | 422 | 230 | 309 | 274 | 274 | 309 | 364 | 237 | 311 | 311 | 371 | 311 | 274 | 45 | 45 | 141 | 0 |
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