Langland Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break down what’s on the cards for the Gower over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I’m not gonna sugar coat it – this is a grim run for Langland Point. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a write-off. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak waves with poor conditions, and the one bit of bigger swell at the end comes in with a howling onshore wind. It’s a frustrating pattern.

We start off on Monday, July 27th, with a tiny 3ft WSW swell, but it’s a short 6-second period and the wind is a messy cross-shore at 15 mph. Combined wave energy is a weak 66. It’s just poor. Tuesday the 28th is even smaller, and the rest of the week just fades into nothing. For days on end, we’re looking at knee-high slop, if that. Some of the mornings offer a clean surface with cross-offshore wind, but there’s simply no swell to push it. The water temp is a notable 69°, which is much warmer than we’d expect for this time of year, but that’s little comfort with no waves.

The pattern of tiny, clean surf holds through the first week of August. Saturday the 1st has a 2ft swell with clean conditions, but it’s gutless. Sunday the 2nd finally gives us a proper offshore wind from the NNW at 9 mph, but the swell is still only 1ft. It’s a beautiful-looking flat spell.

The real kicker comes on Saturday, August 8th. The swell finally arrives, jumping to 6ft on the morning and 7ft in the afternoon from the WSW, with the combined energy surging to 437 and 481. That’s proper moderate wave energy. But the wind is a disaster – strong onshore and cross-onshore from the SSE and SSW, up to 19 mph. It’s going to be a messy, lumpy, blown-out wall of water. For a point break like Langland, this setup is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than a clean paddle session. That swell hangs around into Sunday the 9th, but it’s still cross-shore and lumpy with rain.

After that, it drops off a cliff again. Monday the 10th has a clean, cross-offshore wind, but the swell is already back down to 4ft and dropping. The rest of the run is tiny, clean, and flat.

Look, I’d be lying if I said there was a standout session here. The best of a bad bunch is probably the morning of Sunday, August 2nd. It’s only 1ft, but with a 9 mph NNW offshore wind, the surface will be glassy. If you’ve got a longboard and zero expectations, you might find a little ripple. Otherwise, this is a two-week gap where you’re better off checking the forecast closer to the time. The only window with any size is the 8th and 9th of August, but the wind is a deal-breaker.

Rusty.

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