Surf Forecasts:
Lynmouth surf forecast from 14 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 16 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period, W swell with 363 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Lynmouth this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Lynmouth in the next 16 days are 1.4m 10s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 16) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Wed 16th Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Lynmouth over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s cut to it. The surf is looking dead flat and sorry for itself for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a long, boring stretch of nothing but poor conditions, and there’s no point in sugar-coating it. The first real chance of a wave doesn’t show up until the 13th, and even then, it’s a sad little offering.
On the 13th, there’s a weak 4ft (1.1m) swell from the west, but the wind is a cross-off at 30 km/h, which leaves it messy. The water is a warm 66°F – much warmer than usual for this time of year – but that’s the only highlight. The energy reading is a moderate 274, but it’s not doing us any favors. It’s a poor start.
The 14th and 15th don’t get any better. The swell drops, the wind picks up, and it’s all cross and lumpy. Not the kind of stuff you’d paddle out for unless you’re after a rough, bumpy session.
Midweek, the 16th, sees a little more size at 5ft (1.4m), but the period is short and the wind is chopping it up. It’s a classic case of “bigger but uglier.” Energy is 363, but that just means more whitewater.
Thursday and Friday keep the same size, but the period falls off to a poor 7 seconds. That’s pure windswell. It’s weak, it’s jumbled, and with fresh cross-shore winds, it’s a fight to find any kind of shape. Lynmouth is a point/river break that would love a nice, long-period groundswell. But we are getting the opposite. Short-period junk that just closes out.
There’s a slight break in the wind late on the 18th into the 19th, with a cross-off breeze, but the swell is still small and weak. It’s not worth the effort.
And then it’s gone. From the 20th onwards, the swell fades to nothing. Tiny 1ft (0.3m) waves, if that, with easterly winds making a mess of things. The energy drops right off into the low 20s and single digits. It’s flat. It’s dead. There’s nothing.
Honestly, this is a two-week write-off. Don’t get your hopes up. A beginner won’t learn anything on this, and an experienced surfer won’t find anything worth paddling for. It’s a blank run, plain and simple. Maybe the forecast shifts in a fortnight, but right now, there’s nothing on the horizon.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun night, fresh winds from the W by Tue morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Wed afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | ||||||||||||||
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 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 225 | 148 | 101 | 125 | 44 | 162 | 179 | 159 | 363 | 106 | 162 | 239 | 236 | 320 | 230 | 153 | 92 | 153 | 217 | 183 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:34PM9.51m | 8:51AM9.19m | 9:08PM9.12m | 9:25AM8.78m | 9:42PM8.56m | 9:58AM8.23m | 10:16PM7.89m | 10:32AM7.59m | 10:52PM7.18m | 11:11AM6.92m | 11:36PM6.48m | 12:03PM6.28m | 00:41AM5.90m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:36AM0.22m | 2:50PM0.36m | 3:07AM0.58m | 3:22PM0.76m | 3:38AM1.09m | 3:54PM1.30m | 4:11AM1.69m | 4:30PM1.94m | 4:47AM2.34m | 5:12PM2.60m | 5:35AM2.98m | 6:15PM3.21m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — |
 | 7:35 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 7:21 | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | — | W 6 | W 11 | — | W 8 | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 225 | 148 | 101 | — | 44 | 2 | — | 159 | — | 106 | 162 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | — | — | — | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 49 | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 9 | — | W 7 | W 7 | — | W 10 | W 6 | — | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 125 | — | 162 | 179 | — | 363 | 84 | — | 239 | 236 | 320 | 230 | 153 | 92 | 153 | 217 | 183 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 114 | 101 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 327 | 282 | 40 | 42 | 282 | 363 | 327 | 327 | 327 | 333 | 282 | 333 | 333 | 183 | 50 |
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