At 6 25 a.m:
Constantine (3*): 3 to 4 feet.
It’s a fabulous start to the day – so far!
But just over there half the sky is dark and brooding and bleak and maybe aiming this way!
But in the meantime the breeze is light and the air is mild and the surf is rolling ashore.
Three to four feet of deep blue and fresh looking waves are rearing up before sloshing ashore all spent and weary in the onshore breeze that is just strong enough to bully it in.
Ah, it could be so good – but it isn’t!
Conditions might deteriorate quite quickly as the tide drops and pulls against the swell while that onshore breeze becomes a wind but equally it should all improve on this afternoon’s tide again, the weather brightening as the tidal push gives the surf some extra oomph.
It should be worth a wet at some age this afternoon!
Harlyn (2*): 2 feet.
A couple of feet of slow and lazy looking surf is wandering to the beach as the tide eases its way off that high tide bank.
The wind is calm and breezing across the bay, not a cleansing offshore but not completely an onshore wave wrecker either.
There’s a couple of feet of fun surf to be ridden, deteriorating as the tide recedes but hopefully improving considerably through this afternoon’s rising tide too.
Today’s Tide Times:
Low Tide: 13:10 (1.3m) High Tide: 19:03 (7.1m)
Surf Forecast for Wednesday 22nd June 2016
A couple to three feet of surf should be cresting our way through today, the breeze lightening as the day goes on and backing around to maybe (hopefully!) an offshore south south easterly by the evening’s high tide.
Yes we should be enjoying some clean and fun but maybe smaller than we would choose little waves all day long, improving in shape as the day goes on!
Surf Conditions for the Start of the Week
A new three foot or bigger, teen sized wave-period swell should push through to start this week, the wind onshore but relatively light.
Light winds will drift onshore as the week unfolds, that swell keeping up its steady but smaller, two to three feet rhythm as it pours our way.
The weather is likely to continue to be mixed but should settle as the breeze eases more to the south through midweek.
We might just be enjoying some small but super clean conditions by Wednesday and the end of the week is starting to look bright and cheerful with the promise of small but cleaner surf.
But that is a long way off yet.
In the meantime it looks like we have a few days of fairly typical British summer surf to play in!
Have a great week, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing!
SJ’s Surf Forecast for the SW
Forecast last updated at 09:30 Tuesday 21st June 2016
Hi everyone – these updates are currently made at any time of the day as and when I get the time/chance to update – however from September the intention would be for it to be updated every weekday morning by 10am.
[Don’t forget to look at this forecast the day before you go beach for the latest, as things can often change!]
The Rest Of The Week:
‘The weather will improve as the week goes on, but unless you catch your timing just right with the winds, the rest of the week looks poor for surf.’
Sunrise and sunset – 05:10 and 21:35
Twilight starts and ends – 04:25 and 22:20
Midday – 13:20
Length of day – 16:25
Offshore Sea Temp approx – 14.5C / 58F
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Monday 20th:
‘Dark, grey, missly day.’
Swell – (i) Medium W
Wind – Medium W
Weather – Overcast and raining
North Coast – 5-6ft (Shoulder-Headhigh) going 4-6ft (Chest-Headhigh)
South Coast – 1-3ft (Knee-Waisthigh)
Tides – 06:00 High, 12:00 Low, 18:00 High
Tuesday 21st:
‘Semi-sheltered spots on the North should have a small but clean wave.’
Swell – (i) Medium W going W-WSW
Wind – Overcast or cloudy, but dry.
Weather – Light-Medium W-SW going S
North Coast – 4-6ft (Chest-Headhigh) going 4ft (Chesthigh)
South Coast – 1-2ft (Kneehigh)
Tides – 06:26 High, 12:46 Low, 18:44 High
Wednesday 22nd:
‘Surf on! There’ll be a window of light/no winds later on, so mid-late afternoon on the tidal push should see the waves clean up nicely!’
Swell – (i) Medium W
Wind – Light SW going Variable going N-NW
Weather – Cloudy with some rain showers, turning slightly brighter later on
North Coast – 3-4ft (Waist-Chesthigh)
South Coast – 0-1ft (Flat-Kneehigh)
Tides – 07:03 High, 13:24 Low, 19:22 High
Thursday 23rd:
‘Small wave with onshore winds – not great, but there’s a wave there if you want to get wet behind your ears.’
Swell – (i) Medium W
Wind – Light-Medium N-NW going NW
Weather – Cloudy and dry, with the odd sunny spell
North Coast – 3ft (Waisthigh)
South Coast – 0ft (Flat)
Tides – 07:42 High, 14:03 Low, 20:02 High
Friday 24th:
‘Blown out onshore messy slop on the North and messy dribble on the south.’
Swell – (i) Medium W going Weak W-WNW
Wind – Medium W going W-NW
Weather – Cloudy with plenty of sunny spells
North Coast – 3ft (Waisthigh)
South Coast – 1ft (Flat-Kneehigh)
Tides – 08:22 High, 14:44 Low, 20:45 High
Weekend Summary:
‘No good surf this weekend! We should have a return to good weather, however with no quality to the weak swell and onshore winds, there’ll be a bit of messy slop for beginners, but nothing in the way of real waves.’
Saturday 25th:
‘Small onshore messy slop for the North, flat for the south. Leave it to beginners – there’s no quality to the waves as it’s a weak wave period anyway.’
Swell – (i) Weak WNW
Wind – Light-Medium N-NW
Weather – Cloudy with plenty of sunny spells
North Coast – 3ft (Waisthigh) going 2-3ft (Knee-Waisthigh)
South Coast – 0ft (Flat)
Tides – 09:06 High, 15:29 Low, 21:31 High
Sunday 26th:
‘Same as yesterday – leave it to beginners!’
Swell – (i) Weak WNW going VeryWeak W-NW
Wind – Light-Medium W-NW
Weather – Cloudy with plenty of sunny spells
North Coast – 2-3ft (Knee-Waisthigh) going 1-2ft (Kneehigh)
South Coast – 0ft (Flat)
Tides – 09:55 High, 16:17 Low
Early Next Week:
‘Too early to tell yet – this will be updated on Wednesday.’
The scale for measuring conditions:
0-1ft – Unridable/Flat
1-2ft – Kneehigh
3ft – Waisthigh
4-5ft – Chest/Shoulderhigh
6ft – Headhigh
6-8ft = 1-1.5x Overhead
8-10ft = 1.5x Overhead
10-12ft = 2x Overhead
Please Note!
Wave height predictions are based on the larger breaks on both coasts such as Fistral and Croyde for the North, and Praa Sands and Bantham for the South.
Wave height is measured from the front of the wave, and 6ft would usually mean a ‘head-high’ wave.
Try and use some ‘local’ knowledge about what the wave sizes will be elsewhere. For example the Newquay Bay area is generally 1/3 to 3/4 the size of Fistral, increasing the further up the bay you go from Towan to Lusty Glaze, and that it will be clean on a W wind at ‘harbour left’ at Towan at mid-tide’ for example.
Tide times are based on Newquay.
Stay Stoked!
SJ