Wembury Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s brewing for your local patch. The next 16 days are a real mixed bag, with a lot of small, choppy conditions and just a couple of windows that might get you out of the house.

We start with a proper blank. Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th are a write-off, with Thursday showing the worst of it: a messy 2-foot cross-on swell from the southwest at 25 km/h, with weak energy (51). It’s a poor surf scenario. Friday morning actually cleans up a bit, with a light cross-off breeze from the northwest. That 3-foot swell from the west-southwest has a bit more grunt to it, with moderate wave energy (180) and a 9-second period. It’s still only a “surfable but very ordinary” situation, so don’t expect much.

The real bright spot in the whole outlook, the one to pencil in, is Sunday the 13th. The morning session sees a light cross-off wind from the west-northwest, which will have the waves clean. Swell from the west-southwest is 3 feet with a solid 11-second period, giving it some proper shape. The combined energy of all swells is moderate (186). This is easily the best of the lot. Wembury is a point break that needs a southwest swell to work best, and this is close enough. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, so don’t expect a heavy barrel, but on that Sunday morning, the waves are going to be about as good as it gets in this run. Keep in mind the crowds can be often, so get there early.

The following two weeks are grim. There’s a long gap from Monday the 14th through to Sunday the 21st of September where the wave heights drop right off, mostly under 2 feet. The energy is weak (mostly below 50), and for a beach-and-reef setup like this, it’s going to be flat and frustrating. There are a few clean windows with offshore winds, but they’re on tiny, zero-energy swells.

Finally, things try to pulse again on Monday the 22nd of September. The morning looks okay with a 3-foot west-southwest swell, but the wind is cross-shore, and the energy climbs (152). The afternoon gets messy again. By the end of the run, the swells are small but the wind is clean again.

For the second week, Monday the 21st of September morning is a last chance for a surfable wave (3 feet, clean, energy 132), but after that it's small and choppy. The big, long-period swells that appear on the 24th and 25th (15-second and 13-second periods) are coming from the wrong angle and will just break straight on the beach in the cross-onshore wind. It’ll be a disappointing sight.

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