Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I’ve had a good look at what’s coming up for our little patch of coast. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough start. The next week or so is looking pretty ragged, but there are a couple of windows where it all comes together, so don’t lose hope.

First off, let's talk about Poldhu Cove. The water is sitting at 64°F, which is a touch warmer than we usually get this time of year – a nice little anomaly that makes that first duck dive a bit more bearable.

Right now, we’ve got a whole lot of messy, onshore wind and weak swell. Tuesday the 1st through to Thursday the 4th is pretty much a write-off. We’re looking at 3 to 6ft of swell, but it’s coming from the worst direction with onshore wind. The combined energy is all over the place, hitting a peak of 471 on the 4th morning, but it’s all cross-onshore chop. Not worth paddling out for a ducking.

However, things start to clean up on Saturday the 5th. We finally get a break. The morning is the pick with an easterly breeze going cross-offshore, cleaning up a 4ft W swell (338 energy) with a 10-second period. The water will be clean, and for a beginner-inconsistent spot, that’s about as good as it gets. Saturday afternoon stays rideable, just a bit more crossed up.

That window slams shut Sunday the 6th as the swell drops to nothing, and then we get a massive flush of energy. Monday 7th sees a long-period groundswell (12 seconds) rolling in at 6ft, but the wind is straight onshore again. The energy jumps to 1016, but it's messy. Tuesday the 8th is the same story – 10ft of swell, huge energy (1464), but with a fresh 30 km/h onshore breeze. That’s expert territory size, but the conditions are poor, so it’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddle one.

The next glimmer comes on Thursday the 10th. It’s a smaller day, 4ft at 9 seconds, but a light NNE cross-offshore wind makes it clean (249 energy). It’s only surfable, not stellar, but it’s clean.

The next standout, and I mean the absolute best on offer in this whole 16-day forecast, is way out on Wednesday the 16th. The morning is calling for glassy conditions. A glass-off! We’ve got a 3ft W swell with a 10-second period, and the energy is moderate at 276. Winds are glass, from the SSE. This is your session. The conditions will be dreamy. The wind is offshore and light, the swell has a bit of period to it. For a spot that’s inconsistent, this is a golden moment.

The rest of the second week shows strong cross-offshore winds (E and ENE) but with very small swell, dropping to 2ft from the 12th to the 13th. Plenty of clean conditions, but no power. There’s a pulse of 7ft swell on Monday the 14th but the wind is still offshore, so even though it’s a big clean wave for that spot, the short 8-second period might make it a bit fat at a beach break. The 15th goes back onshore.

So to sum it up: the entire first week is a bust. The only real windows are Saturday the 5th morning for a small, clean wave, and the absolute winner is the glassy morning of Wednesday the 16th. That’s your date.

Rusty.

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