Fistral Beach Surf Report
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Good conditions. well overhead waves (8.7ft), glassy conditions, incoming tide. Solid surf for intermediate and above.
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Fistral Beach Surf Guide
Fistral Beach is the undisputed capital of British surfing — a wide, exposed Atlantic-facing beach in Newquay, Cornwall that has hosted the Boardmasters Surf Festival for over 40 years. Facing directly into the Atlantic with no landmass between it and North America, Fistral captures groundswells generated by powerful North Atlantic low-pressure systems reliably from September through March.
Mid tide is the magic window at Fistral. At low tide waves tend to close out across a shallow sandbar, and high tide brings water right to the sea wall. Water temperatures range from 10°C in February to 17°C in August — a 5/4mm hooded wetsuit is essential from November through March.