Port Isaac Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what we’ve got for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this stretch looks grim for a proper wave. It’s a long, flat run with nothing worth chasing for days. We’ve got a bit of a gap here with no real surf on offer from now until the very end of the period. It’s one of those spells where you might as well clean your wetsuit and wait.

We’re looking at Port Isaac for the entire outlook. Now, this break is a fairly consistent beginner-friendly spot, so it usually has something, but not this time. The swell stays tiny and weak for ages – we’re looking at 1 ft to 4 ft through the first week and a half, all blown out by onshore or cross-onshore winds. On Friday the 14th, the water temp is sitting at 67°, which is 4° warmer than normal – that’s notably warm for the time of year, making it feel a bit tropical, but there’s no wave to enjoy it in. The combined energy stays in the weak range – just 17 to 158 for those first ten days – so there’s no grunt behind it at all. The winds are mostly from the WNW or N, keeping things choppy and messy. Even when a little 5 ft swell shows up on Wednesday the 19th, the period is a short 6 seconds, and it’s onshore, so it’s just lumpy, poor quality junk. Not worth a paddle.

The only glimmer of something happens late on Thursday the 28th and Friday the 29th, but it’s a mess. We get a big pulse of 15 ft swell from the W with a long 12-13 second period – that’s proper groundswell energy, with combined energy smashing 6827 – but the wind is howling from the NNE at 28 mph with a strong cross-onshore. That kind of size with those winds is just dangerous, closed-out chaos. It’s a situation that’s only going to appeal to a kite surfer, not a paddler. For the experienced crew, if the wind dropped it could be epic, but it doesn’t look like it will.

The last day, Saturday the 29th, still has 11 ft of W swell with a 10-11 second period, but it’s still onshore or cross-onshore and lumpy. Looks like a big, messy storm swell with no clean window.

So, the honest truth? There is no standout. No hidden gem. This forecast is a blank. The waves stay poor or flat until the very end when it turns into a windy, oversized mess. For this area, it’s a normal run of poor conditions. Sometimes it stays quiet. It won’t last forever, but for now, I’d hang the board up and check back next week.

Rusty.

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