Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what's on offer for Poldhu Cove.

To be straight with you, the next sixteen days are a tough watch for a surfer. We've got a real flat spell to kick things off and the whole outlook is dominated by messy winds and lumpy conditions. There's no period of clean, quality surf to get excited about.

Saturday the 22nd starts off small with a clean 2ft W swell, but the cross-off wind keeps it from being anything special. The combined wave energy is a weak 74, and the water's sitting at 66°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. It's surfable, but only just.

After that, we hit a rough patch. From Saturday afternoon right through to Tuesday the 26th, the swell stays tiny, rarely cracking 2ft, and the wind is either a fresh breeze or worse, blowing cross or cross-on. You'll see a bit more energy on the 26th with a 4ft SSW swell, but it's a short-period windswell at 7 seconds and the wind is cross-on, making for choppy, poor conditions.

Then we get a size jump, but it's no good for us. From Thursday the 27th onwards, the swell picks up, with heights hitting 8ft on the Thursday morning. The combined swell energy is a strong 1015, but it's buried under strong onshore wind – 19 mph from the SW that morning and then near gale force from the WNW on Friday the 28th. This is going to be blown out and messy. For a beach break like Poldhu Cove, this setup would actually look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The pattern continues through the end of August and into September. We see some larger swells, like 10ft on the 30th with a light cross-on wind, and a 6ft W swell on the 5th of September with a long 11-second period, but the wind is always on it, either cross-on or straight onshore. The wave comment consistently reads "poor surf conditions".

The long-range stuff, like that 6ft W swell with 11-second period on the 5th, could sound promising, but with a near gale force WSW wind on the afternoon, it's a total washout. There's just no window where the stars align here.

In short, there's nothing worth paddling out for over this entire period. The consistency is awful and the conditions are working against us every single time. It's one of those blank runs you get here – forecasts can change, but right now I'd keep the board in the van.

Rusty.

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