Pendower Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Pendower Beach has lined up for us over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. Looking at the whole 16-day window starting now, Pendower Beach is seeing very little wave energy. The swell is mostly small and weak, with the combined energy (23) barely registering on the opening Friday. This sheltered spot is going to be a quiet one for a while.

We kick off on Friday, the 3rd of July. The morning starts off with a tiny 1 foot groundswell out of the WSW with a solid 11-second period, but there’s just no energy behind it. The good news? It’s glassy in the morning with light SE winds, so the surface will be like a mirror, but the waves just aren’t there to ride.

Saturday the 4th is even smaller, dropping to 0.7 feet. Morning winds are offshore from the NW, keeping things clean, but that swell is too weak to do anything with.

We go through a whole stretch where the swell disappears entirely. From Sunday the 5th right through to Saturday the 11th of July, we’re looking at days of flat-to-poor conditions. Most of this time sees swell below 0.3 feet and combined energy values barely hitting double digits (between 0 and 53). There’s a spell on the afternoon of Friday the 10th where the energy bumps up to 53, but it’s a weak, short-period 3 foot windswell from the E at 6 seconds, with a cross-onshore wind. That’s just messy and lumpy – more of a headache than a good time. It’s going to be a long, quiet stretch for surfers.

We finally see a glimmer of life around Sunday the 12th of July. The swell is still tiny at 0.3 feet, but it’s a very long-period groundswell from the south at a whopping 21 seconds, and the energy is still low (14). Monday the 13th is a bit better, with the swell picking up to 1 foot from the WSW at 12 seconds and combined energy hitting 36 in the morning and 40 in the afternoon. The wind is moderate offshore from the NW, making it clean. It’s not big, but for a spot this sheltered, it’s the most promising we’ve seen. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

After that, the outlook fades again into small, weak swells with poor winds. The rest of the second week through to Saturday the 18th of July is mostly tiny, choppy, or onshore, with the combined energy rarely getting above 20.

To be honest, if you’re set on Pendower, your best bet is the morning of Monday the 13th. It’s clean, with 1 foot of WSW groundswell. It’s nothing to write home about, but it’s the only window with a hint of reasonable shape. Crowds are *sometimes* a factor here, but with this tiny surf, I wouldn’t expect a lineup.

Rusty.

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