Godrevy Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's break down what we've got here for Godrevy over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, the next week is a bit of a washout. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions starting right away, with Sunday the 26th and Monday the 27th seeing onshore winds and messy surf. Tuesday the 28th flirts with something slightly better in the morning – the wind goes light cross-off, making it clean, but the waves are tiny at 3ft from the WNW with only weak energy (110). The afternoon looks even smaller and goes glassy, but again, the swell is just too small to get excited about. Wednesday the 29th morning offers a little offshore bump from the SE, but with a 2ft swell and a short period of 8 seconds, it’s not offering much push (55 combined energy). Things stay pretty grim right through to Saturday the 1st of August, with onshore wind and small, weak waves.

That’s a solid gap of almost no decent surf.

Now, things start to look up on Sunday the 2nd of August. This is the standout moment in the whole outlook. The morning session is the pick – it’s glassy, with a 5ft groundswell from the WSW and a period of 9 seconds. That combined energy (315) shows there’s some proper weight behind it. The wind is essentially nothing, so it’s going to be clean and fun for the more confident beginners through to intermediate. The water temp here is sitting at 65°, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The afternoon gets a bit messy as the wind swings onshore, so make it an early one.

Monday the 3rd of August is more marginal, with a clean but onshoring breeze and a dropping 5ft swell, only worth a look if you’re desperate.

Then we hit another rough patch. Tuesday the 4th of August through to Thursday the 6th of August is all poor surf and messy winds, even with a solid swell spike on Friday the 7th of August – we see a huge 12ft swell hitting from the west with a 10-second period, but it’s accompanied by strong cross-shore winds and rain. That’s a big, messy, expert-only situation if anything, but with the wind and rain, it’s honestly more interesting for kite surfers than paddle surfers. That big energy (2662) is just getting trashed by the wind.

The whole setup for the second week is a bit of a washout, with no real standouts. Conditions stay onshore and the swell drops away quickly into tiny 2ft - 3ft junk through to Monday the 10th of August.

So, bottom line: if you want the best of a bad run, get up early on Sunday the 2nd of August for a glassy, clean session at Godrevy. That’s your window. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or both.

Rusty.

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