Gwithian Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it – this is Rusty, checkin' in for the Cornwall forecast.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you, it's a tough start. We're looking at Gwithian, and for the first week, it's a proper battle. That Sunday morning (9th of August) kicks off with a tiny 1ft lump from the WNW, but the wind is a cross-on at 9 mph, making it a choppy, messy mess. The energy is weak at 36, and it's labelled as poor surf conditions. Basically, don't bother. This flat spell hangs around for a while. The whole first week is a write-off with tiny swell and rubbish wind.

We do see a little flicker on Wednesday morning (12th of August). The swell pushes up to 3ft from the west, period around 10 seconds, and the wind swings offshore from the ENE at 9 mph. The water is clean, and the energy is getting into the moderate range at 132. It's described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," and honestly, with a score of 1, it's just a bit of a tease. Still, if you're desperate, that's the one window.

Otherwise, it's a long grind of cross-shore and cross-onshore winds, with the swell staying under 4ft, and the energy occasionally nudging into the low 100s. Thursday the 13th has a 4ft swell from the west, but the wind is a cross-on from the NNW at 12 mph, making it choppy. The energy is there at 279, but the quality is shot.

The weekend of the 15th and 16th gets a bit more size – 5ft from the north on Sunday morning – but it's a short-period, messy windswell with the wind howling cross-shore at 15-18 mph. That's more kite-surfing territory than paddle surf. The energy jumps to 254, but it's rough.

Honestly, the standout – and I'm using that term loosely – is the very end of the forecast. The morning of Monday the 24th of August. The swell is up to 6ft from the west, with a period of 7 seconds, and the energy is a solid 491. The wind is a gentle cross-shore from the NNE at 9 mph, and we get a "gentle cross-shore with slight cross-chop." It's a big, raw windswell, so it's not going to be a thing of beauty, but it's the biggest push of the whole period. The conditions are still marginal, but it's the only time the size and wind are close to working together. It's going to be a bit of a battle, but for the big boards and a bit of grunt, that's your window.

So, for the next 16 days, there's really only one day that looks worth a session: the morning of the 24th. Everything else is a wait-and-see or a write-off. Keep your eyes on the charts, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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