The Breakwater-St Ives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get stuck into what’s coming up for The-Breakwater-St-Ives.

Honestly, the next two weeks look like a tough beat for this spot. The Breakwater is an inconsistent point, and this forecast is a long stretch of poor conditions. There’s a big gap right at the start with no real surf worth chasing. The first decent look doesn't even get a score that would make me grab my board. The whole period is plagued by cross-off winds and messy energy. I’m seeing a run of marginal to poor surf quality all the way through the end of the month and into early September.

The water temp is sitting at 63°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Moving through the week, we’ve got tiny waist-high stuff on the 25th and 26th from the WNW, but with cross-off winds up to 15 mph, it’s just not worth the paddle. The swell energy is weak (115) on that first day, and it only gets smaller. The 28th and 29th see a jump in size, with Saturday the 29th showing a 7ft SW swell but with fresh to near-gale cross-off winds (18-31 mph) and a combined energy of 958. That’s a lot of juice, but it’s blown out and ugly – definitely not for beginners at that size, especially with short 7-8 second periods making it a bumpy, unsettled mess. The 30th has offshore wind in the morning, but the 6ft swell is still marginal at best.

The first week of September stays in the same rut. The 3rd and 4th have solid WSW and WNW swells hitting 6 to 7ft, with periods getting up to 11 seconds, so there’s some groundswell energy in there. But the cross-off winds are still 12-15 mph, and the forecasts keep calling it marginal. The 4th is about the only day that gets a whisper of a chance, with moderate wave energy (966), but again, it’s not a standout.

Looking further out, the 7th of September Monday afternoon is the one that catches my eye. We’re looking at an 12ft W swell with a solid period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy is massive at 1930. The wind is a strong 28 mph cross-off, but the comment says the conditions are favorable for the break. However, at that size, this is strictly for experts only – it’s going to be huge and powerful. The break could hold it, but you’ll need your wits about you.

There’s no single day that jumps out as a must-surf event. The best you can hope for is a window of decent, clean but not perfect conditions on the morning of the 6th of September, with light SSW winds and a small 3ft WNW swell. Even then, it’s just surfable, not epic.

So, the vibe here is patience. The setup looks more like a kite-surfing session when the big swells roll through with strong wind, rather than a clean paddle-surfing day. For the average surfer, there’s a lot of waiting ahead.

Rusty.

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