Aberavon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what we’ve got for the next couple of weeks here. To be honest, it’s a bit of a lean spell. The swell just isn’t finding the coast with any punch, and for the first few days, you’d be hard pressed to get anything worth paddling out for. There’s a long stretch where the conditions are pretty poor, so don't expect much action until we get into the second week.

It all starts off on Tuesday the 15th with a sloppy 4ft from the WSW at a short, weak 7 seconds – 145 (moderate) in the energy department – but the WNW winds are pushing 15-18 mph onshore, making it choppy and rubbish. That theme pretty much holds through the week. Wednesday the 16th has a bit more knee-high stuff, but the period stretches a touch to 9 seconds, energy bumping to 256 (moderate), but the wind is still messy. Thursday the 17th sees the swell try to push up to 5ft around the 7-second mark, 276 (moderate) energy, but again, the wind is a problem, making it bumpy.

Friday the 18th into Saturday the 19th is more of the same – small, short-period swell, 3-5ft, with onshore winds and energy readings in the 100-176 range (weak to moderate). It’s not doing anything for us.

Finally, there's a little shift on Sunday the 20th morning with a brief window: light WSW winds at 3 mph giving a light cross-onshore, swell dropping to 3ft at 7 seconds, 109 energy. It’s still weak, but at least it’s not howling. Then by Monday the 21st, we hit the smallest stuff – 2ft, 7 seconds, 40 energy – but the morning turns glassy with zero wind. It's tiny, but clean.

The standouts for the whole two weeks are both small and clean, coming later in the second week. The best of it looks like Wednesday morning the 23rd at Aberavon. The swell is a modest 3ft from the WSW at 9 seconds (159 energy, moderate), but we get light offshore winds from the east at 3 mph, giving clean conditions. That’s about as good as it gets right now. On Friday morning the 25th, we get another interesting little window: the swell is only 1ft from the WSW, but the period jumps to a very long 14 seconds with glassy conditions, energy just 51 (weak). That’s a real long-period groundswell, which at a beach/reef setup like Aberavon can look a bit straight, but you might find a little runner if you hunt around. That second one is promising but far off, so keep an eye on it.

It’s not a time to be holding your breath for big waves. We are looking at a proper slow period. The water temp is about average for the time of year – nothing unusual there.

Rusty

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