Fistral-South Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Fistral-South has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight up with you, it’s a pretty flat and frustrating outlook for a while. We’re looking at a real dry spell through the first week, with hardly any energy in the water. The Fistral-South stretch is pretty much a write-off right now. There’s a long gap with no decent surf on offer from now, all the way through until at least the middle of the month.

On Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th, we’ve got tiny little 2ft to 3ft swells coming from the west and west-northwest, but with onshore or cross-onshore winds, the wave energy is weak (between 90 and 126), and it’s just poor conditions. Not worth getting wet for.

Friday the 10th morning shows a glimmer of hope – a clean 3ft wave from the west with a period of 9 seconds and some light cross-offshore wind from the east-northeast. The combined energy is moderate (135). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. However, the afternoon goes back to poor quality.

Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th are more of the same – inconsistent, small swell with a short period. Saturday afternoon might clean up a bit with some cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is tiny and weak (104 energy). Sunday morning the wind is howling at 16 mph cross-offshore, but the swell is tiny and the energy is only 75.

From Monday the 13th right through to Wednesday the 22nd, we are in a major slump. Swell heights drop to 0.3ft, 0.7ft, and 1.0ft from all sorts of directions, with the combined energy bouncing between 9 and 76. It’s just flat, mate. The wind is often howling – up to 28 mph – making it even worse. Even though the wind state is often “clean” due to being cross-offshore or offshore, there’s simply no swell to ride.

There’s one last note: on Thursday the 23rd, we see a bit of a pulse from the west-southwest, a 2ft swell with a 10-second period and a cross-offshore breeze from the south-southeast. Combined energy is moderate (76). It’s still poor, but it’s the first sign of life in over a week. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

Honestly, there are no standouts here. The only thing worth even mentioning is that Friday morning (July 10th) and Saturday afternoon (July 11th) offer the cleanest conditions with that tiny swell, but it’s strictly longboard or sand-bashing territory. For the rest, save your wax.

Rusty.

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