Aberavon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Aberavon over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the outlook is a tough one. We’ve got a solid 16-day window to look at, but the surf just isn’t there. There are no good options on the table right now, so we have a blank run that starts from the 31st of July and stretches all the way through to the 15th of August. Every single session is flagged as poor surf conditions, so it’s one of those periods where you’d be better off checking the forecasts again later.

The water temp is sitting at a very unusual 68°, which is a full 7° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a real anomaly, and you’ll feel it, but it doesn’t help the waves.

On July 31st, Friday morning, we’ve got a tiny 2 ft swell from the west with a short period of 5 seconds and very weak wave energy (14). The wind is a cross-shore from the WNW at 9 mph, creating a slight cross-chop. It’s pretty much flat. Friday afternoon sees a slight bump to 3 ft from the west, but the wind swings onshore from the W at 19 mph, making it lumpy. Not worth getting wet.

Saturday the 1st of August is more of the same: small at 2 ft in the morning, a bit better at 2 ft in the afternoon with a period of 9 seconds and moderate energy (75), but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy.

Sunday the 2nd of August is clean in the morning with a cross-offshore ESE breeze at 9 mph, but the swell is barely 1.0 ft. The afternoon is tiny and light. There is no energy to speak of.

The following week, from Monday the 3rd right through to Saturday the 15th of August, shows a consistent pattern of small, weak swells, mostly under 3 ft, with periods mainly between 6 and 10 seconds. The wind is often cross-onshore or onshore, and while there are a few clean windows (like Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th with clean cross-offshores), the swell is simply too small—1 ft or 1.0 ft—to do anything with. Combined energy stays very low, rarely cracking the 50 mark.

Tuesday the 11th of August offers a slight tease: a 1.0 ft swell with a longer period of 10 seconds (20), but it’s onshore by afternoon. Even the few times we see a 3 ft swell on Friday the 14th, the wind is directly onshore and messy.

With the swell so small and the wind often messy, this setup looks more interesting for a kite session than a paddle surf. There’s simply nothing to ride here.

Keep an eye on it, but for now, leave the board in the car.

Rusty.

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