surf reporT CROYDE
DISCOVER WHERE AND WHEN TO SURF TODAY
SURFING CROYDE BAY
CROYDE BAY SURF rEPORT
MSW - Magic Seaweed Surf Report - Croyde Bay
Surfing Croyde Bay, your local Surfing England Centre of excellence, have partnered with Magic Seaweed to bring you live and forecasted surf reports for Croyde Bay. Check wave height, wind speed and direction, and swell period here.
Windy.com - Swell, Wind & Waves In Real Time - Croyde Bay
Surfing Croyde Bay have partnered with Magic Seaweed to bring you live and forecasted surf reports for Croyde Bay. Check wave height, wind speed and direction, and swell period here.
Wind Strength AND Direction
Ideal surf conditions occur with a very gentle offshore breeze of less than 10 mph. Strong onshore winds result in a blown out surf forecast, where the waves have poor shape.
Primary Swell AND Direction
Secondary Swell AND DirectioN
Secondary swells are swells that are produced far offshore by wind. For well organised waves the secondary swell should be as small as possible.
Localised Wind Waves AND Direction
The windsea (also called wind waves) is a localised swell that is created by localised wind. It produces weak waves with a low swell period.
SURFING CROYDE BAY
UNDERSTANDING THE SURF REPORT
The sea state at any one given time is made up of a combination of different waves:
1. Windsea or wind waves are localised waves that are created by local winds in your area.
2. The main swell is created by strong winds that have occurred in a faraway geographic location. These waves have traveled hundreds and thousands of miles to your shore.
3. Secondary swells are caused by lighter winds in faraway places. This is a smaller swell that has also traveled a great distance to reach your shore.
Waves also known as the sea state or the total sea is equal to:
Wind Waves + Primary Swell + Secondary Swell
This is all-important to surfing as you can look at these conditions and work out the quality of the waves to surf on, now and in the future. The optimal conditions for surfing occur with a powerful primary swell 15 secs+, low levels of secondary swell and a light offshore breeze. If you see powerful wind waves it is likely that the surf will be very disorganised.
