Surf Forecasts:
Fistral-North surf forecast from 12 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 13 Sep, 4AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period, W swell with 635 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fistral-North this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Fistral-North in the next 16 days are 1.8m 10s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 13) at 4AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 5s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 16) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4AM (Sun 13th Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fistral-North over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be honest, this is a grim run for Fistral-North. I've been staring at the charts and there’s nothing that gets me excited for the next sixteen days. It’s a long, quiet stretch of poor surf conditions with not a single standout wave to recommend.
We’ve got a bit of swell that tries to push through, starting on Saturday the 12th, but it’s basically all junk. Saturday morning sees 4ft of weak, 8-second W swell with a cross-shore chop from a 16 mph SW wind. Combined wave energy is a weak 214. It's messy. Saturday afternoon actually builds a touch to 6ft, but the wind howls up to 19 mph from the SW. It's a lumpy, cross-shore mess. The energy picks up to 349, but that’s just more power in poor-quality surf.
Sunday the 13th isn’t any better. The swell holds around 6ft and the period stretches to 10 seconds, giving us moderate energy (574). But it’s a cross-onshore wind situation, making it choppy and poor. The drop-off continues through Monday and Tuesday with cross and onshore winds keeping everything ugly.
We get a few more pulses through the middle of the week, like Wednesday the 16th with some solid 5ft swell and a brief period pushing 11 seconds (647 energy), but it’s all onshore wind. It’s just blown-out, high-energy slop. No good.
Then the plug gets pulled. From the 17th onwards, the swell fades fast. By the 22nd of September, we’re down to a pathetic 1ft of WNW swell. The energy drops to a paltry 26. There’s a day, the 24th of September, with a nice clean offshore from the SE at 16 mph, but with only 1ft, 9-second swell, it’s flat. You could paddle around, but you won't catch a thing.
That dead zone of near-zero surf stretches from about the 21st all the way to the end of the period on the 27th. We do see a last gasp on the 27th with a rough 6ft of short-period WNW windswell, but the wind is screaming from the SW at 19 mph. That's a mess. It’s honestly more interesting for the kite surfers than anyone with a paddle. It’s a proper blank run for the surfers here, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Forecasts can change, but there’s nothing on the horizon right now.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 14°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 8 | W 8 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 7 | W 9 | WNW 13 | W 12 | W 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 201 | 345 | 625 | 567 | 377 | 262 | 189 | 169 | 127 | 195 | 479 | 364 | 300 | 595 | 408 | 120 | 192 | 293 | 499 | 359 | 289 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 6:36AM6.73m | 6:54PM6.99m | 7:12AM6.75m | 7:29PM6.87m | 7:47AM6.62m | 8:04PM6.58m | 8:20AM6.34m | 8:38PM6.17m | 8:54AM5.95m | 9:13PM5.69m | 9:30AM5.49m | 9:51PM5.16m | 10:10AM5.00m | 10:36PM4.66m | |||||||
Low Tide | 12:54PM0.03m | 1:15AM-0.02m | 1:28PM0.07m | 1:48AM0.15m | 2:02PM0.27m | 2:19AM0.45m | 2:34PM0.59m | 2:50AM0.85m | 3:07PM1.01m | 3:22AM1.30m | 3:42PM1.48m | 3:59AM1.78m | 4:26PM1.95m | ||||||||
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 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — |
 | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — |
mm | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
Feels °C | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 15 | W 15 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 11 | W 8 | W 8 | W 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 13 | W 12 | W 12 |
| kJ | 9 | 4 | 625 | 567 | 377 | 262 | 189 | 169 | 127 | 195 | 2 | 364 | 300 | 595 | 408 | 120 | 83 | 293 | 499 | 359 | 289 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 13 | SW 13 | — | SW 12 | SW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 10 | — | — | WNW 12 | — | N 5 | N 5 | — | — | NNW 4 | N 4 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 14 | 82 | — | — | 59 | — | 14 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | W 16 |
| kJ | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | NNW 4 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | — | W 6 | WNW 7 | NNW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 201 | 345 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 479 | 21 | 98 | 52 | — | 112 | 192 | 7 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 205 | 1 | 133 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 232 | 96 | 47 | 133 | 218 | 232 | 231 | 73 | 96 | 205 | 1 |
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