Whitsand Bay and Tregantle Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's look at this forecast in feet and miles per hour. I'll be straight with you: the next sixteen days are a total blown-out, flat, and frustrating run. There’s no session you'd want to paddle out for. The whole stretch has been graded as poor surf conditions, and that’s all she wrote.

The only break we're looking at is Whitsand Bay and Tregantle (United Kingdom). It's an exposed, inconsistent beginner-plus spot that can handle a SW swell, which is the direction most of this energy is coming from. The water’s a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, sitting at 66°F, which is the one small favour.

Starting from the beginning. Wednesday the 2nd is a total mess – a 5ft SW swell with a short 6-second period and a 22 mph onshore wind. Garbage. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th are the same story: small, short-period junk blown out by moderate to fresh onshore winds.

Saturday the 5th morning goes glassy, but the swell has dropped to a useless 1ft – not enough to ride a whitecap. Sunday the 6th sees clean cross-off wind, but only a 3ft SSE windswell with a 5-second period and very weak energy. Nothing doing.

Monday the 7th has a pulse of energy, with a 5ft SW swell coming in by the afternoon. The combined energy hits 508 (moderate to strong), but it's coupled with a 19 mph cross-onshore and it's all lumpy and poor. That swell doesn't stand a chance.

Tuesday the 8th, Wednesday the 9th, Thursday the 10th... it's more of the same: messy, choppy, cross-onshore junk. Friday the 11th afternoon has a 4ft WSW swell with a better 9-second period and the highest energy reading of the whole run (386), but the cross-shore wind is 16 mph and it's still classed as poor. This is about as close as we get to a highlight, but it's a real stretch, and with this spot being inconsistent, you'd be wasting your time.

Everything after that just fades away. From Saturday the 12th right through to Thursday the 17th of September, we're looking at tiny 0.3ft to 2ft slop with periods that sometimes hit long (11-14 seconds) but no power behind them, and mostly onshore or strong winds. It's not worth paddling out. The setup with these onshore winds and poor quality could honestly look more interesting for kite surfing than a paddle surf.

Look, it’s a blank run. For an area that's already inconsistent, this is a normal part of the rhythm. You might get lucky if a forecast changes, but as it stands, save your energy. The water's a bit warm, but that's the only positive I can give you.

Rusty.

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