Fistral-South Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get the forecast for Fistral-South as we head into the weekend and beyond. Pull up a chair.

Right now, we’re staring down the barrel of a pretty flat spell. The end of July and the first few days of August are looking like a write-off for anything worthwhile. You’ve got onshore winds, tiny chop, and combined swell energy barely hitting 50 (just 50), so don’t even bother waxing up. There’s a long gap of nothing until we hit Monday, August 3rd.

Monday morning, August 3rd, is the first real glimmer. We’re looking at a tiny 2ft swell from the WSW, but the magic is in the wind—dead calm, glassy conditions. The combined energy is still weak at 79, and the waves will be ordinary, but if you’re desperate for a little roll and some clean faces, that’s your window. It’s the only real standout in the near term, but keep your expectations low.

Unfortunately, that window slams shut by the afternoon as the wind swings onshore, and we go back to a stretch of poor waves with cross-onshore winds through the rest of the first week of August. The combined energy stays low, often below 50, and the swell direction chops around between W and WSW with short, weak periods.

Things start to look a little more interesting by Saturday, August 8th. The afternoon shows a 3ft swell from the WSW (combined energy nudging up to 99), and the wind is clean and cross-offshore from the ENE. It’s not big, but it’s surfable and clean—another decent shout for a paddle, though still not firing.

The real pick of the bunch arrives on Sunday morning, August 9th. The swell drops to 2ft from the SSW but the energy jumps to 115—moderate strength—and we get clean offshore winds from the SE. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on. It’s not a monster day, but for clean little runners with no chop, it’s about as good as this run gets.

Monday morning, August 10th, is similar: 4ft from the north with gentle offshore winds from the SSE. Combined energy is 98, so just shy of moderate. Another clean, small morning.

After that, from Tuesday the 11th onward, it’s pretty grim again. The winds stay strong and onshore, the swell picks up a bit (4ft to 4ft from the NW) but it’s badly chopped out, and the periods are short. That’s more kite-surfing weather than surf weather.

So overall, the standout here is the clean, glassy morning on Monday, August 3rd, and the offshore mornings on Sunday, August 9th and Monday, August 10th. Nothing is epic, but for the keen local, those are the times to wet a line.

Rusty.

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