Croyde Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Croyde over the next couple of weeks. I won’t sugar-coat it, the next week or so is pretty grim. We’ve got a lot of onshore and cross-onshore wind, lumpy, choppy conditions, and the wave quality is just not there for a good paddle session.

The outlook starts on Friday, the 11th, and honestly, it’s a write-off. Strong cross-onshore winds and a messy, short-period swell from the west at 4ft means the water’s a choppy mess. That theme carries right through the weekend and into the following week. We see a bit of size on Sunday the 13th with a 5ft swell from the WSW, and the wind is offshore, which is a positive, but the combined wave energy is moderate at 381 and the surf conditions are still reported as poor. It just doesn’t come together. There’s a lot of moderate to fresh breeze, making it lumpy and uninviting. For the first nine days, it’s a real struggle to find anything worth waxing up for.

Then, around Tuesday the 22nd, the wind finally swings around to the east. The good news is the wind is light offshore, which will clean things right up. The bad news is the swell drops right off. We are talking about 3ft on Tuesday morning from the west, with gentle offshore wind and clean conditions. The combined energy is weak at 129. It’s surfable but very ordinary. You’d be scratching around for little waist-high things.

The situation stays small and clean through Wednesday the 23rd, but it’s tiny, with waves dropping to 1ft and energy falling to 25.

Now, on Thursday the 24th, things get interesting. The forecast shows a building 6ft swell from the west, with a long 9-second period, and combined energy leaps up to 533 – that’s a solid, moderate energy. The wind is a cross-offshore breeze from the SSE, which will keep it reasonably clean. This is the standout window. It’s the best-looking swell of the whole forecast, and the conditions should be workable. For an intermediate surfer, this is the one to circle on the calendar.

After that, the surf looks to drop back down again through the end of the month, though the very last day, Saturday the 26th, shows a 6ft swell from the WSW with light cross-offshore winds and a rating of 2 for good conditions. That’s a promising sign for the end of the long-range forecast, but it is in the second week so treat it as a hopeful one.

Croyde is a very consistent break, so this run of poor conditions is a bit of a downer, but it won’t stay poor forever. The best of the lot is definitely Thursday the 24th for a solid, clean-ish session. The water temp is about 65°F, which is much warmer than usual for the time of year – you won’t need a thick wetsuit for that one.

Stay stoked, Rusty.

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