St Agnes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this sorted. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for any proper surf around St Agnes. There’s very little on the table for a good long while, and I’m not going to sugarcoat it – the ocean’s gonna be a bit of a mess.

We’re looking at a big gap in any real surf, with nothing worth paddling out for from Sunday the 16th all the way through to Thursday the 27th. That’s a solid stretch of small, wind-blown, and just plain ugly conditions. The swell is tiny, the wind’s mostly onshore or cross, and the energy in the water is weak. You’ll see readings like 42 and 41 on the 16th, and it hardly gets better. We’ve got some Westerly swells at 1ft to 3ft, but they’re short-period, 8 seconds or less a lot of the time, which just means messy, gutless waves. The wind will chop it up, and it’ll be a struggle for even a longboard.

Even when the swell bumps up a bit around the 18th and 19th, with a bit more energy (195, 204, 236), the wind is blowing cross-onshore at 15 to 18 mph, just ruining any chance of a clean face. It’s all poor surf conditions, trust me on that.

Things stay pretty average right through the next week. On Monday the 24th, we’ve got a strong breeze from the NE at 25 mph making it totally unpleasant, with some size but not an ounce of shape. That’s a write-off. There’s a small moment of hope on Thursday the 27th when the wind finally swings offshore, and we get a little 3ft westerly swell with some decent energy (91) showing up. That’s the first time in what feels like forever we get clean conditions, but it’s barely surfable – a real "if you’re desperate" kind of session.

But then things finally turn on Friday the 28th. Mark that one in the calendar. That’s the standout of the whole run. The swell jumps to a proper 8ft from the West with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy is a healthy 1048. That’s a real pulse of swell. The wind is light and cross-offshore from the SSW, and it’s looking clean. That’s the day to get wet. St Agnes is fairly consistent, so it should hold this swell, and the WSW direction is right in its wheelhouse. This is your window. It’s not going to be for the faint-hearted – 8ft is a solid step up, and it’ll be a bit too much for the groms, but for the rest of us, it’s game on.

The afternoon sees that drop back to 5ft, which is still really good, but the morning is definitely the best of it. After that, Saturday the 29th still has some waves, but the energy drops right back off, and it’s looking pretty average again. So, to be clear: the first 11 days are a total drought, and Friday the 28th is the one true gem. Don’t waste it.

Rusty.

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