Fistral-North Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you, it’s a pretty grim outlook for Fistral-North. The finder is coming up with zero recommendations, so we’re looking at a solid 16-day blank run. For a spot that’s fairly exposed, that’s a bit of a gut punch, but it happens. The guidance tells me this is a consistent break, so normally we’d expect more, but the forecasts are what they are.

The whole period is a write-off. There’s no good surf on offer from Monday, July 20, right through to Tuesday, August 4. Every single session is rated as “poor surf conditions,” with scores of 0 out of 10. The wind is a major problem: it’s almost always cross-on, onshore, or cross-shore, and far too strong for clean waves. The swell is tiny and weak, with most of the energy readings in the double digits, like 18, 42, or 78, which is just pathetic. The swell direction is mostly from the northwest or west, but with the wind constantly messing it up, it doesn’t matter.

We do get a little spike of energy around Sunday, July 26, with a 7 ft swell from the west and a combined energy of 439, which is moderate. But that’s a 7-second period, so it’s weak, short-period windswell, and with a 19 mph onshore wind from the north-northwest, it’ll be a messy, blown-out mess. That’s not for surfing, it’s more of a kite session if you’re into that. For a beginner, that 7 ft is way too big anyway, especially in those conditions.

The water temperature anomaly is not provided, so we can’t say if it’s unusual for the time of year, but it’s probably just average for July.

So, the honest truth? There’s not a single standout. Not one. The best you could hope for is that the forecasts change, because this is a long stretch of nothing. For now, leave the boards in the car and find something else to do. The only break we’ve got here is Fistral-North, so there’s nowhere else to go.

Rusty.

Read more