Godrevy Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cookin’ for Godrevy over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – this is a tough stretch.

The water’s sitting at 64°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a silver lining for your rubber tolerance.

Right now, we’re looking at a real dry spell. The first week is basically a write-off for any kind of decent session. Monday afternoon kicks off with a 7ft swell from the W, but it’s wrapped in a cross-on WSW wind at 25 km/h, and the whole thing is a choppy, lumpy mess. The combined energy is strong (1224), but it’s all for nothing with that wind. That theme carries on through Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday – we’ve got swell in the water, but the wind is either onshore or cross-on, and the conditions are just plain poor. There’s a tiny window on Thursday morning where it’s clean with a cross-off wind, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft and the energy is weak (92). Not worth paddling out for.

The weekend isn’t much kinder. Friday and Saturday morning see some cleaner conditions, but the swell is small and the energy is low. Saturday morning offers a 3ft, 10-second groundswell from the W with a gentle SSE cross-off wind, but even then, the forecast calls it marginal. The crowd situation at Godrevy is “often” busy, so when it’s barely surfable, it’s a tough sell.

We finally get a bit of a pulse on Sunday the 13th, with a 5ft swell from the W, 10-second period, and decent energy (497), but the wind is onshore again. No good. Monday the 14th and Tuesday the 15th are more of the same – onshore or cross-on winds ruining what could be fun waves.

There is a long gap of nothing really worth chasing until the very end of the forecast. Starting Thursday the 17th, the wind finally swings offshore from the ESE and SE, and it stays clean. But the swell is tiny – 1ft to 2ft – with very weak energy (27 to 65). It’s a total flat spell. Friday the 18th afternoon and Saturday the 19th morning show a little bump, with 2ft to 2ft, 9-10 second swell from the W and WNW, and clean offshore winds. The energy is still weak to moderate (65 to 102). It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary.

The best of the bunch, and I mean the only real standout, is the morning of Saturday the 19th. That’s your best bet: a 2ft swell from the W, 9-second period, light offshore ESE wind at 20 km/h, and clean conditions. It’s small, it’s weak, but it’s clean and you’ll have a board under your feet. For a beginner spot like Godrevy, that’s as good as it gets in this window. Don’t expect any power, just a longboard glide.

Then on Sunday the 20th, the swell tries to build again to 5ft and 6ft with a long 12-second period, but the wind swings onshore and it’s back to choppy, poor surf. The energy is strong (794), but it’s a washout.

So, the takeaway? This is a grim 16 days for Godrevy. There’s a massive gap of poor to un-surfable conditions for the first week and a half. The only honest recommendation is a very small, clean window on the morning of the 19th. For a spot that’s fairly consistent, this is a rough run, but it won’t stay this way forever.

Rusty.

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