Falmouth - Swanpool Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Falmouth – Swanpool over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you, it's a pretty tough outlook. We've got a bit of a wait for anything worth paddling out for, and a lot of the time, the conditions just aren't playing ball.

Starting off, for the afternoon of Tuesday the 25th, we've got some swell but it's pretty grotty. There's a 4ft easterly windswell with a short, weak 6-second period, and the wind is onshore from the ESE at 16 mph. It's messy, and the energy is only moderate at 148. Not one for the board.

The real story here is the gap. From that point, it's pretty much a write-off right through until the morning of Friday the 28th. Wednesday and Thursday are small, weak, and cross-shore, with nothing going on.

Finally, on Friday the 28th, we get a little glimmer. The morning is looking clean with a cross-offshore breeze from the WSW at 9 mph. The swell is 4ft from the SW at 8 seconds, with moderate energy (205). It's surfable but marginal – the file describes the conditions as "poor." The afternoon is a bit better, with a clean 4ft, SW swell (7-second period) but the energy picks up to 330, and wind is a bit stronger at 16 mph. Still, the quality is only "marginal" at best, so keep expectations low.

Saturday morning the 29th is a big no-go. The swell jumps to 8ft from the SW, but it's coming in with a fresh onshore breeze from the SW at 22 mph, making it lumpy and dangerous. That's a big wave with poor conditions, only for the very experienced, and even then, it's rough. The energy is strong at 589.

Sunday the 30th is similar – a 7ft WSW swell on the morning, but with a cross-onshore wind making it lumpy. The afternoon cleans up a bit but the swell drops right off to a tiny 2ft.

Monday the 31st of August is the best bet in this whole stretch. The morning brings a clean 4ft, WSW swell (8 seconds, 194 energy) with a proper offshore wind from the NNW at 16 mph. That's your window for clean waves at Swanpool. The afternoon is clean too, but the wind goes cross-offshore.

After that, it’s back to small, weak, and messy or clean but tiny. There's a couple of standouts to keep an eye on, but they're a long way off and not certain. The morning of Thursday the 3rd of September sees a 5ft, WSW swell (9 seconds) with moderate energy (439), but it's cross-shore so choppy. Then look ahead to the morning of Tuesday the 8th of September. We get a clean 8ft, WSW swell with a 9-second period and strong energy (832). The wind is cross-offshore from the W at 19 mph, which could make for some solid, clean waves for the experts. That’s a promising but distant call.

Water temp at Swanpool is running a touch warmer than normal at 65°, so you won't need the thickest of wetsuits for the first session you do get.

So, the honest truth: there's only really one standout in the near term, and that’s Monday the 31st with the offshore wind. If you're desperate for a paddle and can handle the long wait and the crowds (which can be frequent here), that's your go. The big swell on the 8th of September is something to dream on, but it's a long way out. For the rest of it, the bay looks a bit more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on those windy, lumpy days. Not a classic forecast, but it never stays flat forever.

Rusty.

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