Pendower Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ at Pendower Beach over the next couple weeks. I gotta be straight with you—right now, it’s flat and grim. We’re lookin’ at a proper dry spell.

The whole 16-day window is a struggle. There’s not a single moment where I’d say “get in the water.” We got a solid run of poor surf conditions startin’ now, 31st August, and it keeps on thru to the end. For the first week, it’s tiny little dribbles of swell—mostly 0.7ft to 2ft—with weak combined energy (mostly under 50, just a couple readings touchin’ 60 or 70). The winds are cross or cross-off most days, which would be fine if there was any wave to ride, but there ain’t. A few mornings have clean surfaces, like the 5th of September with light offshore (NNW, 6 mph) and a tiny 0.7ft southwest groundswell, but that’s barely a ripple.

In the second week, from around the 11th of September, we see a bit more size. On Friday the 11th, we get a pulse of 3ft swell from the southeast with gentle offshore winds (N and NNW, 9 mph)—that’s clean, but the period is short, just 5 seconds, so it’s weak and messy energy (38–60 combined). Then from the 12th to the 15th, the swell bumps up to 3ft–4ft from the east-southeast, but it’s all cross-onshore winds (ESE to SE, 12–25 mph) and the combined energy climbs into the 100–118 range. That’s moderate energy, but the wind’s choppin’ it up bad. Not worth paddlin’ out for.

Look, the break here (Pendower Beach) is sheltered and inconsistent—it needs a proper SSW swell and clean offshore to work, and we just ain’t gettin’ it. The water temp? No specific value given, but the anomaly is neutral, so it’s about average for this time of year. With waves this small and wind this messy, it’s a kite surfer’s setup more than a paddle surfer’s, if you ask me.

Don’t lose hope, though. This spot can turn around quick when the forecasts shift. For now, keep the board in the car and check back.

Rusty.

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