Surf Forecasts:
Aberaeron surf forecast from 6 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 4PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period, WSW swell with 361 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Aberaeron this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Aberaeron in the next 16 days are 1.0m 13s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 6s period and expected on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 10AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Mon 7th Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 13s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Aberaeron over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty again. Gotta tell you, Aberaeron ain’t showing anything worth paddling out for. The whole 16-day spread is a dud.
The water is 65°, which is a good 5° warmer than what’s normal for this time of year. That’s a real oddity, but it doesn't help when there’s no swell to ride.
We start off with next to nothing. Sunday the 6th has ankle-biting 0.4ft swell with a short period, and while the morning wind is cross-off, the combined energy is a measly 13. There's just nothing. Monday the 7th gives a slightly better bump in energy, going from 155 to 361, with a longer-period groundswell of 10 to 13 seconds pushing the wave height to 1.0ft. But the wind is cross-onshore and choppy, wrecking the surface. It’s all poor conditions.
Tuesday the 8th is a washout with onshore winds and a weak, short-period 1ft swell. The energy drops back into double digits. The whole first week is a mix of onshore and cross-onshore winds with small, weak swells that never get above that one spike of 361, and that one is ruined by chop.
The second week goes from bad to worse. From the 14th onward, the combined swell energy is mostly single digits or just barely in the teens. We’re talking 0.2ft to 0.4ft of weak, short-period junk. Winds are consistently cross, cross-on, or onshore, often fresh to strong. It’s a hopeless run.
There’s no best option here. No standouts. For a break that is inconsistent by nature, this kind of long, flat spell is just what you’d expect here. Don’t even think about it. Total washout.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun night, strong winds from the WNW by Tue night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | W 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 6 | W 5 | W 5 | WNW 6 | WSW 6 | W 6 | WSW 4 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | W 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 39 | 29 | 89 | 361 | 195 | 83 | 87 | 218 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 69 | 66 | 180 | 97 | 24 | 13 | 51 | 49 | 35 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:18PM3.14m | 5:08AM3.10m | 5:42PM3.41m | 6:21AM3.37m | 6:44PM3.81m | 7:15AM3.70m | 7:34PM4.21m | 8:00AM3.99m | 8:18PM4.52m | 8:42AM4.21m | 8:59PM4.69m | 9:20AM4.33m | 9:38PM4.72m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:13AM1.42m | 00:04AM1.16m | 12:37PM1.17m | 1:15AM0.78m | 1:37PM0.83m | 2:09AM0.40m | 2:25PM0.51m | 2:55AM0.10m | 3:06PM0.28m | 3:35AM-0.06m | 3:44PM0.15m | 4:11AM-0.08m | 4:18PM0.13m | ||||||||
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 | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — |
 | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | 7:39 | — |
mm | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 15 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | — | W 16 | WSW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 5 | — | — | — | — | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 10 | — | 5 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 44 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 13 | — | — | 35 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | NNW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | W 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 6 | W 5 | W 5 | WNW 6 | NNW 6 | W 6 | WSW 4 | SW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | W 9 | — | — | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | 2 | 39 | 29 | 89 | 361 | 195 | 83 | 87 | 218 | 124 | 20 | 16 | 69 | 66 | 180 | 97 | — | — | 51 | 49 | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 122 | 242 | 197 | 66 | 212 | 386 | 229 | 435 | 435 | 71 | 66 | 197 | 367 | 397 | 197 | 71 | 63 | 71 | 197 | 197 | 197 |
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