Pendower Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what we’ve got coming up at Pendower Beach over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s looking like a quiet stretch, so don’t go getting your hopes up for anything firing.

The whole 16-day window is pretty flat overall. For the first week, from Sunday the 16th right through to the end of Saturday the 22nd, we’re barely seeing any rideable waves. The swell is tiny, with heights mostly around 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft and combined swell energy in the single digits or low teens – that’s about as weak as it gets (3 to 15). Winds are often offshore or cross-offshore from the NW/NNW, which would be clean, but there’s just no push. The water is sitting at about 66°F, which is a notable 4°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a bit unusual, but it won’t help the waves.

We finally see a bit of life around Sunday the 23rd. A short-period ESE swell pushes in at 5 ft, with the period hanging around a weak 6 seconds. The combined energy bumps up to 143 (moderate), but the wind is blowing cross-shore from the ENE, making it a bit lumpy and messy. By the afternoon, the swell hits 6 ft with energy at 242, but the wind swings onshore from the ESE at 19 mph, turning it into a washing machine. Honestly, with the wind and short-period junk, this is more of a kite-surf setup than a paddle-surf one.

Monday the 24th keeps that ESE swell in the 4 ft to 5 ft range (energy 172 to 222), but again, fresh cross-shore winds from the ENE and E make it lumpy and choppy. Not pretty.

Tuesday the 25th sees the swell drop back to 3 ft in the morning (energy 101) and 2 ft in the afternoon (energy 39), with cleaner conditions as winds turn cross-offshore from the NE and N. Still, it’s small and uninspiring.

From Wednesday the 26th onward, it fades right back to tiny 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft swell with very weak energy. There’s a glassy moment on Thursday the 27th morning, but the wave height is only 0.3 ft – totally flat.

If I had to pick the best of what’s on offer, it’d be the Tuesday morning the 25th. That 3 ft ESE swell with a clean cross-offshore breeze from the NE is the closest we get to something surfable, but it’s still marginal. Crowds are a possibility there (sometimes busy), but with surf like this, most folks won’t bother.

So yeah, a long, flat run with only a few days of small, wind-affected waves. Not a classic outlook, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. Keep an eye on the forecasts – things can change.

Rusty.

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