What is the surf like at Holywell Bay today?

This morning at Holywell Bay: 2.4ft swell, cloud, 16°, 3kt ENE. Swell, wind and tide sit on this page so you can decide before you drive.

What is the Holywell Bay surf forecast for the week?

Holywell Bay this week: Poor now. Best looking Fri 25: pumping, 5.5ft.

How is the Holywell Bay surf report scored?

Open-Meteo supplies swell, wind and weather on a three-hour cron. WorldTides supplies the high and low clocks. We then score Holywell Bay for wrap, wind and the usual tide window. The number at the top is this hour. Later week cards are the best hour of that day. Height is the swell that makes the beach, not the raw model.

Holywell Bay

Today · Tue 22 Sept · 04:20

Quality

Poor

Swell

2.4ft

Tide

15:2209:14

Weather

16°3kt ENE

6-day surf report

Updated Tue 22 Sept 04:20

Crantock

Now · Tue 22

Poor

2.4ft

15–21°3kt ENE

15:2209:14

Wed 23

Clean

4.4ft

10s

11–18°10kt NNE

16:0610:04

Thu 24

Clean

4.3ft

9–20°3kt E

16:4210:44

Fri 25

Pumping

5.5ft

12s

13–19°4kt S

17:1611:20

Sat 26

Clean

7.0ft

10s

9–17°10kt NNW

17:4911:55

Sun 27

Clean

6.2ft

9–17°15kt SSW

18:2312:29

The beach

Holywell Bay

Holywell Bay sits on the Newquay run. Swell, wind and tide for this beach and the neighbours, so you can pick a peak before you leave the car park. Today is cloud, 16°, 3kt ENE.

Exposed west-facing bay that lights up when the swell is clean and the crowd is still in Newquay.

Drops off quickly at high. Aim for the first three hours of the drop.

Faces W. Best swell WSW–NW. Level: intermediate. Crowd: average.

On the sand

Before you paddle out at Holywell Bay

Parking

National Trust Holywell (TR8 5PF). Non-members £2.50 / 1 hour, £5 / 4 hours, £9 all day; members free (JustPark 80592). Open 7am–11pm; no overnight parking.

Hire & lessons

Holywell Bay School of Surf is the only school based on the seafront, at the Holywell Bay Surf Life Saving Club, beginners, families, all ages.

Holywell Bay School of Surf

Vibe

The school calls it perfect for beginners, families and groups. National Trust: surfing and sandcastles. Not a contest-beach claim.

Access & hazards

Met Office Holywell Bay (Beach): high risk of rips. The school times lessons to tide and conditions. National Trust still describes seasonal RNLI cover; Holywell is not named on the RNLI Easter / 2 May 2026 daily lists, so treat flags on the day as the rule.

Sources National Trust Holywell · Holywell Bay School of Surf · Met Office Holywell Bay

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