Langland Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks at Langland Point. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a lean run of conditions for a while, so don’t get too excited too early. The first slot with any real promise is still a fair way out, leaving a big gap of quiet, small days to sit through.

For the first week and a half, from Monday the 6th right through to Saturday the 18th, it’s mostly a story of tiny, weak surf. We’re talking knee-high dribble most days, with combined swell energy barely breaking into double figures (that’s weak wave energy). A few moments pop up where the wind is clean or even glassy – like Tuesday morning the 7th with a light cross-offshore, Tuesday the 14th morning with glassy conditions, and Wednesday the 15th morning also glassy – but there’s just no height to work with. It’s frustrating when the ocean looks smooth but gives you nothing to ride.

Now, there’s a shift in the air late in the second week. We start seeing some proper northwest winds blowing offshore, and the swell finally gets a pulse. Sunday the 19th is where things get interesting. The morning brings a clean, moderate offshore wind from the NNW, with swell building to about 5ft from the WNW. The combined energy jumps right up (moderate wave energy showing up), and it’s got a period around 7 seconds. That’s enough to make it feel like surf again. But let’s be honest, at that size with a short period it’ll be a bit lumpy and disorganised. Still, it’s surfable.

The real standout, the only one worth circling on your calendar, is Tuesday the 21st of July. The morning looks clean again with a moderate offshore wind from the NNW. The swell is a solid 5ft, also from the WSW, and with a combined energy of 375 – that’s solid, moderate-to-strong wave energy. That’s enough grunt to give Langland Point some proper shaped-up walls, especially if the offshore wind holds. This is the one day I’d be packing my gear for. It’s a long way off, so don’t bank on it just yet, but it’s the only slot in this forecast that truly smells like a fun session.

Outside of that, the rest of the 16 days is pretty quiet. If you’re desperate, you might get a tiny clean slide on one of those glassy mornings, but I’d save your energy for the 21st.

Rusty.

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