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Small waves on the South Coast today
11 year ago
by Dan
in Surf in Cornwall
The swell is dropping fast but there are some small clean 2ft waves on the south coast of Cornwall today. Head for sheltered spots behind headlands etc to hide from the North West wind. Should get cleaner this afternoon as the wind moves North but the swell will drop off fast.
Come on our surfing holidays to France and South Africa and enjoy surfing world-class waves day after day.
South Coast was swell today!
01 year ago
Today we visited the south coast of Cornwall as the surf was predicted to be up there, and as this is so rare we were interested to see how the surfing breaks worked in this swell.
We visited 2 spots – Pentewen Sands was 4ft and clean, and Charlestown was 2ft and clean with only one surfer out! Amazing!!
It’s not often you get proper groundswell into these south coast beaches, but this swell was coming in from the south west off Portugal which was the right direction to hit these beaches. Plus the winds were north, northwest making it super-clean with nice steep faces! WOW!!!
If you want surfing conditions more like this,….. it’s usually a good idea to book a surfing holiday to a quality surf break abroad. Our surfing holidays visit the best places to surf at the most consistent time of year. We know our surfing destinations really well, and very importantly, we know under what conditions each spot works best. This means every day we can assess the surf, and find the best spot for a clean wave, and take you there! Add the element of sunny weather and our adventure holidays are the perfect surfing holiday!
So come along this September (2011) on our France surf holiday, or the following May (2012) on our South Africa surfing holiday to Jeffrey’s Bay.
Possible wave Wed
01 year ago
We’ve had a really bad run of flat surf here on the North Coast of Cornwall. Normally the winter swells are so big we are looking for a sheltered spot go surfing! Often looking at South coast spots.
This winter the prolonged cold weather and high pressure systems are sat in the way of any low pressure systems coming down to the UK and bringing swell too. It’s unclear how long this will continue but with the next cold spell predicted from Thurs night it does not look like changing for the forseeable future.
There may be the chance of a wave on Wed according to the charts, fingers crossed!
On our surfing holidays we visit locations where the surf has been more consistent than here on the Cornish coast. We visit Seignosse in South West France every September and Jeffrey’s Bay South Africa from May 2012.
Big surf on its way
01 year ago
Yesterday it was 4-6ft at Fistral, as the photo shows. Today it was a bit smaller around 2-3ft, so we took the opportunity to get a few waves.
Tomorrow the forecast says 10ft plus!!! So….we might pop up the coast to a sheltered point break in Cornwall. In true surfer style, we are keeping the name of this ‘secret spot’ to ourselves, but I’m sure there will be a few other surfers there, if the winds are right! We’ll let you know how we got on. 
