North or South

Nice southwesterly swell this weekend. Reckon it'll be a bit tastier than the charts suggest. 

Hopefully there'll be enough east in the wind to get the Cornish riviera pumping. 

If not, the north won't disappoint

Fill the car with juice

A plop in the ocean

Over the last week or so there has been some changes to the upper air patterns in the Northern Atlantic - a number of bigger depressions have hooked into the jet stream and it looks like at long last that a decent run of waves could be on the cards. It's been several months since there's been a genuinely decent prognosis but I reckon there'll be at least one and maybe two really nice September swells over the coming fortnight. 

Both have their origins in old tropical storms... 

Number one swell - locked in nicely and very likely to happen....

Number 2 swell - a lot less certain on the detail... 

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Not much on the horizon

If you've got time on your hand and don't mind the schlep, the east coast might be worth a sniff early next week.

Beyond that and we have to venture into the long range forecast where things aren't reliable to get excited - 

This is about the best I can muster. 

Eyes down ladies

It's been a while since a chart like this has appeared in the forecast horizon and with 15 days to go before its supposed to happen, its unlikely to actually happen. It's not quite the PERFECT forecast chart, but near enough and if it comes to fruition then a few days off will almost certainly be on the cards. 

Big Bertha

Bertha's out there and looks like fattening herself up nicely over the next couple of days. At this stage in the game, its impossible to know exactly what'll, happen but I like this solution from ECMWF. 

50-60mph winds and waves on the south coast in August. That'll be a fine thing.  

Nice little swell on the way...

Looks like last week's prophecy stands a pretty good chance of coming to fruitition. 

Nothing huge but of good enough size to get more than a little excited about. 

Here's the swell in its infancy...

Wednesday morning dawn patrol looks like the choice session as the sea breeze will probably be on it come mid morning. 

And here is the wind when the swell arrives. 

It's been a while and this is the first update from my ipad so I haveno idea of how good the formatting will be.

There's not been a massive amount to get excited about of late, a few scraps here and there. South-easterly winds haven't seemed to be on the agenda, and when they have it's been a case of no swell. Typical Cornish summer I hear you say. However, there's a storm brewing out in the slot later this weekend and this should swing some waves our way during the middle of next week. Early days for any detail, but there's more than a good chance of winds either being light or offshore at the time the swell arrives and some real waves might be on there cards.