Aberavon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright lads, Rusty here with the look at Aberavon. Got to be honest, it's a grim outlook for the next couple of weeks. We're staring down a long dry spell with no surf to speak of for over a week. The first time the board even gets a look-in is September 5th, and it’s a real borderline call.

Right now and through the first week of September, it's all onshore wind and rain, with swell in that 4ft to 6ft range but completely torn up by strong winds. The water is runnin' real warm, about 69°, which is way warmer than normal for this time of year—about 8° above average. Nice for a swim, but the surf is trash.

Saturday morning the 5th is the first time we get a maybe. There's a 4ft W swell with a period of 7 seconds, and the wind switches to a light cross-shore from the NW. The energy is still weak (272), but it's the cleanest thing we've seen in days. Still, it's a marginal call—tides could mess with it.

Then we drop off again into tiny surf until the afternoon of Monday the 7th of September, when a longer-period 4ft WSW groundswell rolls in (11 seconds). The energy bumps up to 373, but the onshore wind from the WSW ruins it—still poor.

Your best bet in this whole forecast, and really the only one worth circling on the calendar, is Tuesday morning the 8th of September. Aberavon will have clean 2ft WSW groundswell with a 10-second period, and a light cross-offshore breeze from the NNW. It’s small, but the energy (162) is decent for the size, and the conditions will be glassy. On a beach/reef/pier setup like this, that longer period means better-shaped waves and longer lulls between sets, making it easier to paddle out. Crowds can show up *sometimes* here, so on a clean morning like that, expect a handful of locals in the water.

The second week just fades into small, clean but flat conditions. We get offshore winds and glassy mornings on the 10th, 12th, and 14th, but the swell is only 0.9ft to 2ft—just not enough to do anything with. The 14th has a fresh offshore breeze from the ENE and clean water, but with a 0.7ft swell and energy of 7, you’re looking at a lake.

So the verdict: the morning of the 8th of September is your one true chance for a clean, surfable session. Everything else is either blown out, tiny, or too messy to bother. A quiet run for Aberavon, but that’s just the way the coast goes sometimes. Keep checking in.

Rusty.

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