Mawgan Porth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good, hard look at what’s on offer for Mawgan Porth over the next couple of weeks.

First off, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a grim picture for the most part. We’ve got a solid 16-day window, but the first week and a half is basically a write-off. The water’s sitting at 66°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only silver lining.

We start on Friday the 21st. There’s a small 3ft swell from the W, but it’s being torn apart by a strong 16 mph NNW crosswind. The wave energy is weak (179), and it’s just a messy, choppy scene. Not worth paddling out for.

Saturday the 22nd drops even smaller to 2ft. The wind swings ENE and goes light, making for clean conditions in the morning, but the swell is tiny and the energy is barely there (84). You *might* get a few knee-high sliders, but it’s very ordinary.

The rest of that week into the next is a dead zone. Sunday the 23rd is flat with a 0.7ft ripple. Monday the 24th has a fresh offshore breeze, but it’s blowing over nothing. We go through days of small, wind-affected junk until Wednesday the 27th, where a 3ft W swell shows up, but it’s weak (148) and blown out by a light cross-onshore. It’s just not happening.

The end of August and start of September gets a bit of size, but the wind is all wrong. Friday the 28th sees a 7ft W swell, but it’s a short-period, wind-blown mess with a 25 mph SW cross-onshore. The energy climbs a bit (478), but it’s a washing machine. Honestly, with that setup, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The only real blip of hope – and I mean a distant, long-range blip – is Wednesday the 2nd of September. The forecast shows a proper 10ft to 12ft W swell rolling in, with a solid 10-second period. The wind is described as a cross-offshore from the ESE, which should make for clean conditions. The wave energy is massive (1397 and 2309), so this is a serious groundswell. But, and this is a big but, that’s a lot of water. At 12ft, this is expert-only territory at Mawgan Porth. It’s also a week and a half out, so treat this as a promising but uncertain prospect. The combination of that size and a long-period swell might actually make it break too straight and walled up for this spot.

After that, Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th still have big, clean swell (8ft to 7ft), but the energy is dropping and the wind starts to get a bit squirrelly again. Still, for a seasoned surfer, the morning of the 3rd might offer a few.

So, the verdict? There’s a whole lot of nothing, then a potential big-wave day for experts on the 2nd of September. For everyone else, keep your boards in the car and maybe wait for the next forecast cycle.

Rusty.

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