Mawgan Porth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s have a good look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Truth be told, it’s a quiet start. We’ve got a few small, surfable waves hanging around but nothing that’ll get your heart racing just yet. The real action doesn’t really kick off until late in the run.

Mawgan Porth is the only break in the game, a river-mouth setup that’s fairly exposed to the west-northwest. For a beginner-friendly spot, it’s been pretty ordinary. We kick off Saturday the 11th with a small 2 ft swell from the west, a 10-second period, and moderate offshore winds from the east-northeast. The combined energy is weak at 96, and the water temp is about average for this time of year. It’s clean and rideable, but very plain. That theme carries through Sunday morning the 12th with a 3 ft north swell and a short 6-second period – choppy and weak (62 energy).

Monday the 13th is a write-off. A 3 ft north-northeast swell with a 22 mph easterly offshore makes for tough, poor conditions. Then we hit a long dry spell. From Tuesday the 14th right through to Sunday the 19th, it’s mostly tiny, messy, or flat. The one glimmer is Wednesday morning the 15th – we get glassy conditions and a 1 ft west swell (61 energy) – it’s surfable, but still very small. After that, the swell turns onshore and the quality tanks. A gap of almost no proper surf.

Now, things get interesting from Monday the 20th. The combined energy climbs into moderate territory (117) as a 4 ft northwest swell rolls in, but it's ruined by a strong 19 mph onshore wind and a short 5-second period. It’s a mess. Tuesday the 21st sees the energy jump further (150) with a 3 ft west-northwest swell, but again, a fresh onshore wind from the west-southwest makes it lumpy and poor. This pattern sticks around through to Wednesday the 22nd (142 energy, same direction). The power is there, but the wind just won’t cooperate.

The end of the run, from Thursday the 23rd to Sunday the 26th of July, drops back into weak, choppy, and cross-on shore slop. A tiny 0.3 ft swell on Sunday the 26th with a 12-second period from the southwest (13 energy) and clean cross-off wind is the last whisper, but it’s barely there.

Best on offer: Honestly, there isn’t a standout session here. If you were forced to pick, the cleanest conditions come on Wednesday morning, 15th July (glassy, 1 ft west swell). But it’s tiny. For a bit more power, the Monday 20th has the biggest swell (4 ft), but it’s ugly. This setup looks more interesting for kiting than proper surfing when the wind is honking.

Rusty.

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