Surf Forecasts:
Lynmouth surf forecast from 27 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 30 Jul, 4PM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period, W swell with 112 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Lynmouth this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Lynmouth in the next 16 days are 1.2m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 30) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 5s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 30) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Thu 30th Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Lynmouth over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's break down what we've got at Lynmouth for the next couple of weeks.
Plain and simple, it's a rough stretch. Lynmouth is an inconsistent point and river for advanced surfers only, and across the whole 16-day forecast, every session is rated poor. There's no real standout day.
Starting on Sunday, July 26th: a 1.6m west swell with 257 combined swell energy, but a strong cross-shore at 25 mph makes it a choppy, messy affair. Not worth a paddle. Monday the 27th drops to 1.1m from the west, but it's cross-on and choppy again. Tuesday the 28th, we're down to 0.6m, with light cross-on wind, still bumpy. The pattern stays pretty bleak: small swell, wrong wind direction, and conditions never get clean enough to make it interesting.
There is one tiny window: Tuesday, August 4th in the morning. That's when a 0.8m west-southwest swell (125 combined energy) shows up with a light cross-offshore wind from the south-southwest at 15 mph, giving clean conditions. That's the cleanest we get. But the swell is small, and the break is inconsistent. If you're an advanced surfer and you know Lynmouth well, that may be the only chance for a few clean, weak waves.
On Sunday, August 9th, the swell jumps to 1.8m from the west (289 energy), but the wind is light and onshore from the north. For an advanced point break like Lynmouth, onshore wind ruins it, even with size.
Crowds are listed as "often", so you won't be alone if there's anything rideable. The water temperature is about 6° warmer than average for this time of year, so it's feeling more like summer than usual.
Bottom line? This forecast is a bust for paddle surfing. It's just not happening at Lynmouth for the next couple of weeks. Wait for the next proper system.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun night, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 8 | W 10 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 5 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 257 | 88 | 98 | 65 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 112 | 67 | 81 | 84 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 8 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:19PM6.84m | 5:44AM6.94m | 6:06PM7.31m | 6:27AM7.38m | 6:46PM7.79m | 7:05AM7.80m | 7:22PM8.23m | 7:40AM8.15m | 7:57PM8.57m | 8:14AM8.41m | 8:31PM8.80m | 8:48AM8.56m | 9:05PM8.89m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:29PM2.49m | 11:50AM2.31m | 00:17AM2.07m | 12:33PM1.88m | 00:57AM1.65m | 1:10PM1.49m | 1:33AM1.29m | 1:44PM1.17m | 2:06AM1.02m | 2:16PM0.95m | 2:37AM0.86m | 2:48PM0.84m | 3:08AM0.80m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
 | — | 9:12 | — | — | 9:09 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:06 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 9:02 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
Feels °C | 11 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 7 | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 8 | W 10 | — | — | W 6 | — | — | W 5 | W 6 | W 10 | WNW 5 |
| kJ | — | 88 | — | — | 42 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | — | — | 67 | — | — | 18 | 21 | 2 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 11 | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | W 11 | W 8 | W 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 11 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | W 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | W 5 | W 6 | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | W 6 | — |
| kJ | 257 | — | 98 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 48 | 112 | — | 81 | 84 | — | — | 22 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 327 | 326 | 327 | 278 | 80 | 116 | 128 | 107 | 66 | 282 | 376 | 327 | 327 | 180 | 169 | 362 | 169 | 167 | 187 | 168 |
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