Kennack Sands Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Kennack Sands over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you, it’s not looking like a classic run. We’ve got a whole lotta nothing for the first few days, and when we do see a pulse, it’s mostly small and messy. You’re gonna have to pick your moments, and even then, it’s about managing expectations.

The water’s sitting at 66.4°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a small win if you’re just having a paddle.

The first proper chance of anything comes on Tuesday the 11th. The swell fills in a little from the east, with 4.6ft on the face in the afternoon. But, and it’s a big but, the wind is howling cross-onshore from the east at 22 mph, so it’s gonna be lumpy, bumpy, and a bit of a battle. The energy is moderate at 122, but it’s not going to be pretty. If you’re a glutton for punishment, you might get a few, but it’s not one for the faint-hearted.

Wednesday the 12th is a similar story, with 4.6ft of easterly swell in the morning (energy 168), but that cross-onshore breeze is still messing it up. It’s a bit of a grovel.

After that, it just fades away. The end of the week and the weekend are looking tiny, with nothing but ankle-biters. The wind goes offshore, so it will be clean, but there just isn’t any swell to push it. You’d be surfing whitewash.

We then have a long stretch of nothing, a proper lull that runs from the 13th through to the 18th. It’s just flat. If you’re desperate, you could count the ripples, but that’s about it.

Now, the long-range charts are showing a pulse of long-period southerly groundswell arriving around the 19th of August. The period is up at 15-17 seconds, which is a proper deep ocean swell, but the height is only forecast at 0.7ft. That’s tiny. The wind is light and variable, so it might be glassy, but with that little energy, it’s going to be tough to get a ride. It’s promising in theory, but it’s a long way out and the size just isn’t there. It’s more of a ‘keep an eye on it’ than a ‘get your board wet’ situation.

Kennack is a sheltered little cove, and it takes a good solid swell to get it working. This outlook is a prime example of that. We need a bigger push from the south or southwest to get any real waves wrapping in. For now, it’s a flat spell. Sometimes it just be like that, but it won’t stay poor forever.

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