Salcombe Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer.

Well, I gotta be straight with you. The next 16 days are looking pretty flat for the Salcombe area. The finder is showing no good surf options at all. Every single entry says "poor surf conditions," so we're in for a long, quiet stretch. This is one of those blank runs that's more normal for this sheltered corner of the coast. It's a tough one, but forecasts can change, so don't lose all hope.

Let's start with the first day, Friday the 31st of July. We've got a tiny 1.0ft swell from the west, with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is light offshore from the NW in the morning, which would make it glassy clean, but the combined wave energy is just 13 (weak). That's barely a ripple. It's not worth paddling out for. The afternoon drops to 0.3ft from the west, so forget it.

Saturday the 1st of August sees a slight bump to 2ft from the west. The wind is light cross-offshore in the morning, keeping it clean, but the energy is still low at 48 (weak). It's not doing anything.

Sunday the 2nd, the wind turns cross-onshore, and the swell is still only 2ft to 1ft. It's choppy and small. No good.

We go through the whole first week of August with tiny swell, mostly under 3ft, and the energy values are all in the double digits or low triple digits. The occasional clean session, like Monday afternoon the 3rd with 3ft from the WSW and clean cross-offshore wind, but with energy only at 117 (moderate), it's still a flat, weak wave. The water temperature is at 66°F on the 31st of July, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, a notable 4°F anomaly.

The second week doesn't get any better. There's a small window of glassy conditions on the morning of Friday the 7th of August, with 0.7ft from the west and a period of 9 seconds, but the energy is a pathetic 19 (weak). You won't catch a thing.

Even into the middle of August, we're still looking at 2ft to 3ft, with clean offshore winds on some days, like the 12th of August, but the energy is still only 99 (weak) to 113 (moderate). It's just not enough to push a rideable wave.

The strongest wind we see is 22 mph offshore on the 15th of August, but with only 2ft of swell, it's just blowing the top off a flat ocean.

So, the reality is there are no standouts, no one or two best options. This is a 16-day stretch of poor surf. I'd say the best chance of a clean, small wave might be a few of the mornings with offshore winds, like the 1st of August, but even then, it's ankle to knee high at best. Hold tight, and maybe the long-range charts will start to look better.

Rusty

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