The Breakwater-St Ives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a proper look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks.

Right, so here’s the story. We’ve got a little window of clean surf early on, but it’s a flash in the pan. After that, we're looking at a long, grim stretch. From Saturday morning the 5th right through to Friday the 18th, it’s pretty much a write-off – that’s nearly two weeks of poor surf conditions, with only a few glimmers of hope way out at the very end.

Your one and only real shot is Friday morning, the 3rd of July at The Breakwater-St Ives. It’s a point break and it’s inconsistent, so it doesn’t always fire, but when it does... The swell is a clean 4.6 ft from the west with a decent 10-second period. What makes this the standout is that cross-off wind from the southwest at just 3 mph, keeping things glassy and clean. The water temp is a fairly normal 60.8°, so nothing wild there. The wave energy is moderate (395). This is your window. Get amongst it.

Now, for the rest of the period, put the board away. The wind swings onshore from the northwest and stays there for days, turning everything into choppy mush. The swell drops right off, mostly under 3.3 ft with weak energy (often below 100). A couple of days like the 15th of July have clean offshore winds, but the swell is tiny and weak (128). On the 18th of July, we see a spike in size – 7.9 ft – but the wind is onshore and the conditions are poor. At that size and with that wind, this wave is one for the kite surfers, not for a paddle.

In the second week, you get a few clean-looking days from the 15th onward, but the swell is pathetic – barely 3.0 ft and dropping. Nothing worth chasing. The long-range call on the 17th of July looks glassy with a 1.6 ft west swell, but again, too small to get excited about.

So to sum it up: grab Friday morning while it’s good, because it’s a long dry spell after that.

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