St Agnes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks. Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s going on for St Agnes. The good news is, there’s surf in the long-range picture, but the bad news is we’ve got a solid run of dud days to get through first.

From now until around the 25th of July, it’s pretty grim. We’re staring at nearly a week of flat, messy, or onshore slop. Swells are tiny, under 1ft, or if there’s a little bump, it’s coming straight onshore with a short period windswell that’s just choppy and lumpy. The combined energy is weak, barely registering above 100 (18 to 96). Not worth paddling out for.

The first real glimpse of something comes on the 25th, but it’s still a write-off. Saturday morning has a 4ft W/NW windswell with a fresh cross-onshore, and the afternoon picks up a bit to 4ft, but the wind is still chopping it up. The energy is moderate (117), but the quality is poor.

Now, Sunday the 26th of July is the one that gets the heart beating a little faster. We’ve got a 7ft W swell rolling in. The combined energy jumps to 493 (moderate-strong). The problem? It’s a clean onshore wind from the NNW at 15-18 mph, which is going to blow it out. That’s a lot of water moving, but it’ll be a washing machine. This is expert territory at that size, but the wind is just cruel. The break is a beach-and-reef setup, so with that wind and size, it might actually be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The pattern stays messy for the next week. Swells hang around 3ft to 5ft, but the wind is constantly cross-on or onshore. The energy dips and rises (125 to 261), but the surf quality is consistently poor. There’s a slight improvement on the 31st of July, with a 4ft W swell and a light cross-on breeze, but it’s still not clean.

The standout window, if you can call it that, looks to be the 1st and 2nd of August. The swells are a consistent 4ft to 5ft from the W. The combined energy is moderate (112 to 150). The wind on the 2nd of August morning is a light cross-shore from the WSW, which is the best we’ll see. It’s gentle cross-shore with slight cross-chop – not perfect, but ridable. The 3rd of August morning has a fresh cross-offshore wind from the WSW (18 mph) and a 4ft W swell, which could actually clean up the faces, but the energy is moderate (188). That’s probably the pick of the bunch.

So, overall, there’s nothing firing. The best is a few days of average conditions with a moderate, cross-shore wind. The crowd factor? St Agnes is “often” crowded, so don’t expect it to be empty. The water temp is about average for the time of year. Not a classic Cornish summer, that’s for sure.

Rusty.

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