Pendower Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright grab a coffee and listen up.

Honestly, for you lot at Pendower Beach, it’s a bit of a bummer. The whole 16-day window is looking flat. I mean, properly flat. There’s no real swell to speak of, and what little bump we get is just not going to be worth paddling out for. You’re looking at a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly crummy conditions.

Let’s walk through it. We kick off Saturday the 5th with a tiny 1ft SW swell, but it’s weak as dishwater (22 combined energy) and the wind is just messy. Fine for a paddle, not for a wave. Sunday the 6th is even smaller with onshore wind – forget it.

Monday the 7th sees a bit of a pulse, with a 2ft SW groundswell (period bumping 13 seconds) and some clean morning wind. The combined energy gets into the moderate range (180), but it’s still just too small to really get going. Tuesday the 8th is similar but smaller. Wednesday and Thursday are more of the same – tiny and uninspiring. The best you’ll see in that first week is maybe the morning of Monday the 7th or Tuesday the 8th when it’s clean, but you’d be chasing ankle-biters.

From the 12th right through to the 16th, it gets even worse. There’s a couple of afternoons with a clean 3ft wave from the ESE on the 14th, but the period is short and the energy is low (42). Honestly, that’s the best it gets, and that’s saying something. On the 15th, we get some glassy conditions in the morning, but the swell is barely a ripple (21 combined energy).

After that, from the 17th to the 18th, there’s literally no swell – zero energy. It’s a complete blank. We get a few tiny bumps of long-period Southern Ocean energy on the 19th and 20th, but we’re talking ankle-high at best. The 20th does go glassy with that little ankle-high, 14-second swell, but you’d need a surfboard the size of a bus.

Look, there are no standouts here. Pendower is a sheltered spot, so it needs a proper SSW swell to light up, and that just isn't coming. The water temp is a touch warmer than normal at about 64°F, which is nice for a dip, but not for surfing.

It seems like this stretch of quiet weather is normal for the area at the moment. Don’t stress too hard; forecasts can always change, but for now, save the wax.

Rusty.

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