Waves as high as 10ft will hit Newquay as Boardmasters’ surfing competition is still going ahead.
Cornwall’s famous music festival, which takes place every year on a clifftop between Porth and Watergate Bay, was cancelled last night due to severe weather conditions.
The annual surfing competition, however, is still going ahead on Fistral beach in Newquay.
Waves will reach 10ft over the weekend.
Here is a day-by-day surf forecast from today to Monday:
All the data is from – a website for surfers around the globe.
Wednesday
Waves will reach on average between three and 5ft.
Thursday
Waves will be quite low in the morning with the highest reaching 3ft.
From noon they will be one or 2ft high.
Friday
From 9am to noon, waves will be one or 2ft high.
They will get bigger throughout the day, with the highest ones reaching 7 and 8ft between 6 and 7pm.
Saturday
From 6am to 9am, waves will reach between 6 and 9ft.
From 9am, the highest waves will reach 10ft.
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Sunday
Waves will get smaller and smaller throughout the day.
They will be between 3 and 5ft high until noon.
The highest waves afterwards will reach 4ft maximum.
Monday
Waves will be 2ft high on average.
Jason Lock, editor at Magic Seaweed told Cornwall Live: “On Thursday, expect small or very small surf with wave heights struggling to exceed two feet for most of the day. Winds are moderate gusting fresh offshores from the southeast, off the northeast flank of that approaching low.
“For the first half of Friday, the surf remains small, around two feet or so. The swell from that system initially arrives from the south, hitting southwest exposures but struggling to reach the contest area. In the afternoon, however, the swell swings southwest and quickly fills in, reaching five feet or so by the evening. Winds are strong to gale-force cross-shores from the SSW, gradually veering southwest.
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“Saturday sees an increase in wave heights to six feet or more, peaking around the middle of the day and then steadily decreasing. Conditions are very bumpy with fresh to strong onshores from the west or WSW.
“On Sunday, the swell loses its punch, dropping to a weak three or four feet, perhaps smaller by afternoon, accompanied by moderate to fresh onshore winds from the west.
“Forecast reliabilities are good for Thursday but then things are still a bit uncertain for Friday and over the weekend.”
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