Langland Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I’ve gotta be straight with you – the 16-day window for Langland Bay is looking pretty grim. There’s honestly not a single session that scores well enough to recommend paddling out. We’ve got a long stretch of weak, choppy, and mostly cross-shore conditions, with only a few brief moments of clean, glassy water that just don’t have any size behind them.

The pattern starts off with some small, short-period swell from the WSW, but the wind is all wrong – cross-on or cross most of the time, and often fresh or strong. The combined wave energy is weak, sitting between 111 and 254 (moderate at best) early on, but it’s all messy and lumpy. Thursday morning the 6th of August cleans up briefly with a cross-offshore WNW breeze, but the swell is only 4 ft and the period is a short 6 seconds, so the energy is just 100 – barely enough to get excited about. Friday morning the 7th of August goes glassy, but the swell drops to 2 ft with a 5-second period and energy of just 22 – that’s a lake, not a surf.

From there, it’s a long, quiet slog. The swell barely lifts above 3 ft for over a week, and the period stays short, with wind often cross or cross-on. There’s a moment on the 10th of August with another glassy morning – but again, only 1 ft of swell. The 19th of August brings a clean, cross-offshore morning with a 4 ft swell from the west and a 6-second period, and the energy climbs to 186 – the best we see – but it’s still a far cry from good surf.

Water temp is about average for the time of year, so no drama there. But honestly, for the whole 16 days, there’s just no surf worth chasing. If you’re desperate, the cleanest conditions are on the 6th, 7th, and 10th of August mornings, but you’ll be hunting for ankle-biters. Might be a better time for a beach walk or a kite session when the wind picks up later in the fortnight.

Rusty.

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