Surf Forecasts:
Fistral-North surf forecast from 11 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 18 Jul, 7PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, W swell with 80 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 0.9m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 18) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 6s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Sat 18th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fistral-North over the next 16 days.
Alright, let’s take a look at what Fistral North has on the cards for the next couple of weeks. Don’t get your hopes up straight away, because it’s looking pretty quiet for a while.
The water temp is running at about 64°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you might get away with a slightly thinner suit.
From now and through the rest of July, it’s a bit of a bust. We’ve got a real dry spell stretching from right now all the way to the morning of Monday, July 20th. The swell is tiny, mostly under 2ft, and even with the wind being cross-off or offshore a fair bit, there’s just no energy to push anything rideable. The combined swell energy is well under 100 for most of that time, so it’s barely a ripple. You’d be better off waiting.
The action, if you can call it that, starts to show up around the 24th of July. On Friday the 24th, things get real serious, real quick. By the afternoon, we’re looking at a solid 12ft swell from the west with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is nuts at 1960 – that’s a massive amount of power. This is a proper heavy groundswell, but with a cross-on wind from the NNW, it’s going to be a washing machine out there. This is strictly for experienced big-wave surfers only. The standout score for that afternoon tells you it’s the best of the lot, but it’s a dangerous, expert-only affair.
The morning of the 25th is still chunky at 6ft, but with that same cross-on wind, it won’t be pretty. The energy drops to 369 by the afternoon (5ft), but the wind goes more westerly and stays onshore, so it’s not a great option. The glassy spell on Sunday the 26th afternoon with 4ft surf and clean conditions is the best of the rest, but the energy (250) is only moderate.
So, if you’re a seasoned charger, the afternoon of Friday the 24th is your window – that’s the standout, a proper big-wave day. For everyone else, hang tight and hope the forecasts change for the better.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | SW 21 | NE 5 | SW 19 | SW 19 | W 12 | WSW 18 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | SW 6 | W 8 | WSW 5 | W 5 |
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 kJ | 67 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 31 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 3:07PM5.51m | 3:40AM5.65m | 4:11PM5.86m | 4:42AM5.96m | 5:09PM6.25m | 5:38AM6.26m | 6:02PM6.60m | 6:29AM6.48m | 6:51PM6.84m | 7:17AM6.57m | 7:38PM6.92m | 8:03AM6.52m | 8:23PM6.83m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:33PM1.26m | 10:06AM1.12m | 10:39PM0.91m | 11:07AM0.80m | 11:38PM0.54m | 12:01PM0.49m | 00:31AM0.24m | 12:51PM0.27m | 1:20AM0.07m | 1:37PM0.18m | 2:07AM0.06m | 2:22PM0.24m | 2:51AM0.21m | ||||||||
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 | 5:20 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:29 | — | — | 9:29 | — | — | 9:28 | — | — | 9:27 | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 9:24 | — | — | 9:23 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 9 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | W 8 | N 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | W 9 | W 8 | W 9 | SW 6 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 6 |
| kJ | 67 | 41 | 66 | 50 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 31 | 59 | 35 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | SW 17 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | SW 15 | SW 19 | SW 19 | W 12 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | NNW 6 | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 8 | SW 6 | SW 13 | W 8 |
| kJ | 17 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 17 | — | W 16 | SW 16 | SW 21 | — | W 8 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | N 6 | N 5 | SW 15 | SW 13 | — | SW 11 |
| kJ | 12 | — | 5 | 10 | 18 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | — | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 5 | — | — | ENE 3 | NE 5 | NE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 5 | SW 6 | — | WSW 2 | WSW 5 | W 5 |
| kJ | — | 32 | — | — | 3 | 42 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 15 | — | 1 | 23 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 385 | 384 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 40 | 271 | 301 | 35 | 73 | 136 | 293 | 14 |
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