Mawgan Porth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. I’ve combed through the charts for the next couple of weeks, and it’s a bit of a rough patch for us here at Mawgan Porth. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it—the surf is looking small and pretty ordinary for a good stretch.

The immediate outlook is lean, real lean. We’re looking at a run of tiny, weak waves with a lot of cross-onshore wind messing things up. The swell energy is just a whisper right now, with the combined energy for the next few days only hitting double digits, like 108 or less. It’s the kind of stuff that would have you straining to see a ripple. The swell is coming in around 0.7ft to 2ft, and that’s about it for the first few days. We get a bit of a glassy moment on the morning of Saturday the 8th, when the wind drops out, but there’s barely any swell to go with it.

We’re going to be waiting a while for the first real pulse. There’s a bit more energy building from Wednesday the 12th when that combined energy jumps up to the low 200s, and we start seeing some waist-high sets around 3ft. But the wind kicks onshore pretty hard, and things get lumpy. It’s going to be a bit of a mess, to be honest.

The only window that catches my eye is the morning of Thursday the 13th of August. The wind is forecast to be completely calm, dead glass, and we’ve got that 4ft of west swell, with a period of 10 seconds. The combined swell energy is getting up there at 235. It’s not going to be epic, and it’s still going to be pretty average, but it’ll be the cleanest surf we see in this stretch. Glassy conditions make just about anything more fun.

Beyond that, it’s a whole lot of the same—onshore winds and small, weak swell. We get a bit of a bump in swell size mid-next week, on the 17th, but that period drops right off to 6 seconds and the wind is up to 19 mph from the NNW. That’s just going to be lumpy, short-period chop. Not one for the log, and let's be honest, for the level we’re talking about, it’s not going to be great for anyone.

The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing crazy going on there.

So here’s the deal: The best bet in the whole 16-day window looks like that glassy Thursday morning on the 13th. It’s a long way off, so treat it as promising but not set in stone. It’ll be a small, clean day for the loggers and the beginners, but if we get that offshore component, it could be a fun one for everyone. It’s a river break, fairly consistent, but with this small, weak swell, it’s not going to be breaking with any kind of power. Crowds are always a possibility there, but the lack of swell might keep a few people away.

Honestly, there are long stretches where it might not be worth paddling out at all. It’s just one of those quiet spells. It won’t last forever, but for now, keep the board in the car and the expectations low.

Stay stoked, Rusty.

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