Aberavon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Aberavon's got lined up for us over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – it's a rough start. We're looking at a solid week of pretty poor conditions from Wednesday the 16th right through to the following Monday. That northwesterly and westerly wind is just going to mess things up, blowing cross or cross-onshore and making everything choppy and lumpy. The swell's there, between 3 ft and 6 ft at times, but the quality is just no good for a proper paddle. On top of that, the water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a massive 5° warmer than usual for this time of year – very unusual, you’ll be stripping straight back to boardies if you can find a clean wave. You won't though.

That blank run stretches for over a week. We finally see a tiny glimmer of hope on Tuesday the 22nd. The wind shifts easterly, going glassy in the afternoon with a clean surface. The swell is tiny though, only 2 ft from the west with a 12-second period. The energy is low (127). It’s surfable, but very, very ordinary. That trend of clean, light easterlies carries through Wednesday the 23rd, but the swell drops right off to 1 ft, so it's a super long period groundswell (14 seconds) with no height to it. Not really worth paddling out.

The best we see in this whole 16-day stretch, and I'm using the term “best” loosely, is actually on Tuesday the 1st of October. The wind finally goes offshore from the ENE, and the surface will be clean. Even then, the swell is only 3 ft from the west (91 energy), and the period is a short 7 seconds. But you know what? It's clean, offshore, and the break is exposed to the SW. That offshore wind on a short-period westerly swell could actually peel off a few rideable lines at Aberavon's (beach/reef/pier) setup. It’s nothing to get excited about on a big scale, but if you're desperate, that's your window. The crowds can be *sometimes* present there, but on a day like that, I doubt it'll be busy.

No real standouts across this stretch. The early clean days are too small, and the bigger days are windy. It’s a lean spell, so don’t stress about missing anything for now.

Rusty

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