Fistral-South Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – it's been a tough stretch and it's gonna stay that way for a while.

We're looking at a solid run of poor conditions right out of the gate. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary. For Fistral-South, the first half of the 16-day window is a write-off. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th are a mess – onshore winds and choppy, lumpy surf. You’re looking at a moderate cross-shore chop with wave energy sitting around (214-574), but the wind and texture make it ugly. We get a brief window of cleaner conditions on Monday the 15th and Tuesday the 16th, but the wind is straight onshore, blowing at 15-19 mph. That 5ft swell on Tuesday afternoon has moderate energy (481), but that onshore wind is gonna make it a washing machine. Not worth paddling out for.

From the 17th onward, the wind stays on it, bouncing between onshore and cross-onshore, keeping everything choppy and lumpy. The swell sticks around 4ft to 5ft, but the quality is just not there. By the 21st, that WNW groundswell drops off hard, dipping under 2ft with energy falling to just (104). It's getting small.

Then we hit a proper flat spell. From the 22nd of September through to the 27th, we're scraping the bottom of the barrel with swell heights of 1.0ft to 2ft, and wave energy barely ticking over (26-114). There's a morning on the 24th with clean offshore wind out of the SE at 16 mph, but there's no swell to ride – just 1ft of nothing. That’s the reality.

We finally see a pulse of swell on the 27th, with 6ft coming from the WNW, but the period is a short, weak 6 seconds and the wind is a fresh cross-shore at 19 mph. The energy hits (291), but it’s going to be lumpy and crumbly. Not a standout, not even close.

Look, there is no real standout here. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for Fistral-South. There are no good surf options on offer. If you're desperate, the cleanest conditions you'll see are those tiny 1ft days on the 24th with offshore wind, but you'd need a longboard and a lot of patience. Honestly, with the onshore winds and the state of the waves, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of this period. It’s a long, blank run, and for this area, that's not totally unusual. Forecasts change, but right now, there's nothing to get excited about.

Stay tuned.
Rusty.

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