Fistral-North Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it for Fistral-North.

Honestly, for the next couple of weeks, the outlook is pretty grim. There’s just nothing happening that’s worth getting excited about. From now, right through the whole 16-day period, the surf stays small and the conditions are mostly messy. For the entire first week, from Tuesday the 7th of July right through to Monday the 13th of July, every session is labelled as poor. The swell is tiny, mostly under 3ft, and the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore, chopping everything up. The combined wave energy is weak, never cracking three digits properly until Friday morning, where it hits 130, but that’s still weak energy, and it’s paired with a poor call anyway. Not a single standout in that week.

By Saturday morning the 11th of July, the wind swings cross-offshore with an ENE breeze, and the waves drop to a pathetic 2ft from the west at 10 seconds. It’s clean, but there’s no power behind it. The combined energy is only 106 – weak. Saturday afternoon gets a score of 1 out of 10, which is the best we see all week, but that just means it’s “surfable but very ordinary.” That’s the highlight of the whole first week, and that’s not saying much.

There’s a big gap after that. Sunday the 12th and Monday the 13th offer nothing. The wind cranks up from the east, gusting 22 mph, but the swell is basically flat – 0.3ft on Monday with a 19-second period from the southwest. That’s a long period for sure, but there’s no height to ride. Wave energy is 39 and 16 – absolutely dead.

Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of July are the same story: offshore winds, clean conditions, but the swell is 0.7ft to 1.0ft. Even with a 10-second period and clean faces, you can’t surf nothing. The combined energy never breaks 43. This stretch is a complete blank for any real surf.

We finally see a tiny pulse on Friday afternoon the 17th of July: 2ft from the west-southwest, but the period is only 7 seconds and the wind goes cross-onshore, making it choppy again. Wave energy is 64, still weak. That’s it.

The last few days, from the 19th to the 22nd, offer nothing better. The swell stays below 4ft, wind stays onshore or cross-onshore, and the combined energy peaks at a dire 78 on Wednesday afternoon the 22nd.

If you’ve got a kite, the conditions mid-month with strong cross-offshore winds and clean, tiny waves might be more interesting for that game than for paddle surfing. But for a regular surfer, there is genuinely nothing to recommend here. No standout days, no quality windows. It’s a long, flat run and that’s just how it is right now.

Rusty.

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