Surf Forecasts:
Fistral-South surf forecast from 8 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 10PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period, WNW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 11 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period, W swell with 810 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 10PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with WNW 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 Wednesday (Sep 09) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 8s. 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 2.2m 9s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 11) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 5s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 1PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Wed 9th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 10PM (Wed 9th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Fri 11th Sep) | 7ft (2.2m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fistral-South over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Fistral South over the next couple of weeks. To be straight with you, it’s a pretty grim start. We’ve got a long, frustrating wait ahead.
The first ten days of this forecast are a write-off. From now through until the 17th of September, the conditions are just not cooperating. We’re looking at a solid week and a half of onshore winds, cross-offshore slop, or just plain weak, messy waves. The wind is howling out of the north-west and north-north-west for much of this, trashing any chance of a clean face. There’s some swell in the water, around 5ft to 6ft from the west with moderate wave energy, but with that wind, it’s just a blown-out mess. Not worth your time. Even the cleaner afternoons on the 10th with a bit of cross-offshore wind only offer small, weak waves around 2ft to 4ft.
Now, hold onto your board, because the light at the end of the tunnel is a lovely one. The standout session, and the only truly good surf on offer, arrives on Friday the 18th of September.
Friday 18th September - The One to Circle
This is it. After a long dry spell, we finally get a proper window. The morning shows a clean 5ft swell from the west-north-west, with the combined wave energy sitting solid. But the real magic is the wind: a light, cross-offshore breeze from the east-south-east at just 3 mph. By the afternoon, it’s going glassy. Absolutely dead flat water under a 4ft west swell. The conditions will be perfectly clean. This is an intermediate-friendly size, but the clean lines will make it a joy for anyone who gets out there. The optimum swell direction for Fistral South is west-south-west, so this west-north-west swell is coming in at a slightly different angle, but with those wind conditions, it will still be working well and offering up some nice, long lines. Crowds will be possible here, so get down early.
After that brief high, the weekend goes quiet again. Saturday the 19th drops down to a small 3ft to 3ft with cleaner conditions but not much oomph. By the 21st of September, we see the return of a chunky groundswell with a very long period of 16 seconds and strong energy, but it’s accompanied by a near-gale force north-westerly wind. That’s a hard pass – that setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than anything with a paddle. The rest of the window fades into nothing.
So, to sum it up: wait out the storm, be ready for that glassy Friday the 18th, and that’s your best, and probably only, bet.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the W by Wed afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 6 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 10 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 627 | 554 | 573 | 292 | 129 | 49 | 41 | 90 | 810 | 455 | 235 | 156 | 207 | 228 | 283 | 389 | 313 | 234 | 155 | 123 | 116 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:00PM5.69m | 4:31AM5.74m | 4:52PM6.23m | 5:18AM6.20m | 5:36PM6.65m | 5:59AM6.54m | 6:16PM6.92m | 6:36AM6.73m | 6:54PM6.99m | 7:12AM6.75m | 7:29PM6.87m | 7:47AM6.62m | 8:04PM6.58m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:59AM1.38m | 10:33PM0.96m | 10:53AM0.87m | 11:22PM0.49m | 11:38AM0.44m | 00:03AM0.14m | 12:17PM0.15m | 00:40AM-0.03m | 12:54PM0.03m | 1:15AM-0.02m | 1:28PM0.07m | 1:48AM0.15m | 2:02PM0.27m | 2:19AM0.45m | |||||||
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 | 6:43 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — |
 | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
Feels °C | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | — | — | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | — | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 10 | — | SW 13 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 |
| kJ | 627 | — | — | 292 | 129 | 49 | 41 | 11 | — | 455 | 235 | 156 | 207 | 228 | — | 7 | 313 | 234 | 155 | 123 | 116 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WNW 8 | W 11 | — | — | — | W 17 | N 4 | — | — | — | SW 13 | — | SW 12 | SW 12 | WNW 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 56 | 34 | 21 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | N 5 | N 6 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 21 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | N 6 | — | — | SSW 2 | WSW 6 | W 9 | — | NNW 5 | N 4 | — | — | W 8 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 554 | 573 | 50 | — | — | 1 | 90 | 810 | — | 32 | 10 | — | — | 283 | 389 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 142 | 231 | 96 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 205 | 138 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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