Surf Forecasts:
Fistral-South surf forecast from 30 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 6 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period, W swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 4 Sep, 1PM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period, WNW swell with 1,477 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 6 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fistral-South this week:
The surf forecast for Fistral-South over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Sep 06) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.8m and 9s period. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Fistral-South in the next 16 days are 3.0m 9s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) at 1PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 6s period and expected on Monday (Aug 31) at 4PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Sun 6th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Sun 6th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 1PM (Fri 4th Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fistral-South over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way.
To be straight with you, the next week and a half is a bit of a write-off for decent surf at Fistral South. The energy is there at times, but the wind just won’t play ball, and conditions are consistently messy. The first real glimmer of something worthwhile doesn’t show up until Sunday the 6th of September, and even then it’s tiny.
We’ve got a big lump of swell arriving Sunday the 30th of August, with waves around 5 ft from the WSW (366 moderate energy), but a fresh 19 mph cross-off wind from the SSW keeps things clean-ish, though the report says poor. It gets worse Monday the 31st, with a solid 10 ft W swell (1386 strong energy), but that’s getting onshore and lumpy – only for the experts, and even then it’s ugly. Tuesday the 1st of September drops right back to 4 ft, and the wind is cross or cross-on, so no joy.
The pattern holds through the first week of September: plenty of swell but almost always with a cross or cross-on breeze, making it choppy and poor. On Thursday the 3rd, we see 5 ft to 5 ft from the W, but again, the wind is messy. By Friday the 4th, another big pulse of 10 ft WNW swell rolls in (over 1400 strong energy), but with 19 to 22 mph cross-on winds, it’s a washing machine – kite surfing territory, not paddle.
Finally, on Sunday the 6th of September, we get a change. The swell is tiny, only 2 ft from the W (82 weak energy), but for the first time we get a moderate offshore breeze from the SSE. That means clean, glassy conditions. The score is a 1 out of 10 – surfable but very ordinary. Still, for a dawn session on a longboard, you might get a few fun ones if you’re desperate.
Monday the 7th sees a bit more size, 5 ft from the W (692 moderate energy), with a 12-second period – that’s a nice long period groundswell. The wind is a light cross-shore from the SW, so it’s only marginal, but the period suggests better shaped waves. This could be the best of a bad bunch if the tide lines up.
After that, it trails off into tiny, weak swell through the second week, with nothing worth getting excited about. There’s a small pulse around Saturday the 12th of September with 3 ft from the W (184 weak energy) and an 11-second period, with a light cross-off breeze from the ENE – clean but very small. Same story Sunday the 13th.
All in all, the standout window is the morning of Sunday the 6th of September – clean, offshore, but tiny. If you’ve got a foamie or a log, you might scratch out a few. The best quality option, if you can wait, is Monday the 7th of September for the longer period groundswell, but it’s marginal.
The water temperature is 65°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.
Stay patient, lads. It’ll turn.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Mon night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 12 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 366 | 521 | 1411 | 1386 | 895 | 354 | 188 | 120 | 127 | 306 | 520 | 422 | 323 | 289 | 1271 | 1414 | 1437 | 472 | 525 | 245 | 113 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:32PM6.75m | 7:50AM6.54m | 8:07PM6.69m | 8:25AM6.45m | 8:43PM6.48m | 9:03AM6.22m | 9:24PM6.14m | 9:46AM5.87m | 10:12PM5.68m | 10:38AM5.44m | 11:12PM5.19m | 11:48AM5.04m | 00:35AM4.84m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:30PM0.26m | 1:50AM0.22m | 2:03PM0.29m | 2:23AM0.32m | 2:37PM0.44m | 2:58AM0.56m | 3:15PM0.71m | 3:38AM0.92m | 4:00PM1.10m | 4:27AM1.36m | 4:58PM1.53m | 5:33AM1.79m | 6:21PM1.87m | ||||||||
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 | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — |
 | — | 8:09 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:57 | — |
mm | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | — | — | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 15 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WNW 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 |
| kJ | 366 | — | — | — | 895 | 354 | 188 | 120 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 323 | 289 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 376 | 525 | 245 | 113 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | — | — | — | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | — | — | — | WSW 14 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 23 | — | — | — | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 18 | W 18 | SW 17 | — | — | — | — | — | W 15 | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | W 12 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 521 | 1411 | 1386 | — | — | — | — | 127 | 306 | 520 | 422 | — | — | 1271 | 1414 | 1437 | 472 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 214 | 386 | 148 | 115 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 217 | 293 | 217 | 16 | 1 | 214 | 231 | 231 | 96 | 40 | 41 | 0 |
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