Woolacombe Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Woolacombe over the next couple of weeks.

Well, I’ve got to be straight with you – the outlook for Woolacombe is a long, quiet stretch. There’s no surf worth talking about through the first week and into the second. The first real chance of anything happening doesn’t show up until Thursday, the 13th of August.

Before that, it’s all flat and choppy. We’ve got a few days of tiny, short-period windswell, but the wind is all over the shop – mostly cross-onshore or onshore, keeping things messy. Saturday the 8th has a glassy morning, but with only 0.2m of swell, it’s a non-starter. The whole first week is a write-off, I’m afraid.

The first sign of life comes Thursday morning, the 13th. We’ll see a 1.0m groundswell rolling in from the west, with a period of 10 seconds. The combined energy is moderate at 184, and with a glassy surface and a slight air, the conditions will be clean. It’s a surfable wave, but it’s very ordinary. The wind shifts by the afternoon, turning cross-onshore and chopping it up.

After that, the energy flickers again on Saturday the 15th with a moderate 185 combined energy, but again, it’s a west-southwest groundswell at 0.8m, and the wind is cross-onshore, making it messy. The afternoon pushes 1.1m, but the period drops to 8 seconds and the wind is onshore.

The rest of the forecast into the third week looks similar – small, short-period, and mostly wind-affected. There’s nothing here that stands out as a proper session. If you’re desperate for a paddle, the most promising window is that Thursday morning, the 13th, when the glassy conditions might give you a few clean ankle-biters, but don’t expect much.

For now, Woolacombe is a kite-surfing show if the wind holds, not a paddler’s paradise. It’s a blank run, and that’s just how it goes sometimes.

Rusty.

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