Perran Sands Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, crew, Rusty here. I’ve stared at the charts for Perran Sands for the next couple of weeks and I gotta be honest, it’s going to test your patience. For the first week, there’s just no good surf on offer. The swell is small, weak, and the wind is blowing the wrong way for most of it, leaving things choppy and messy.

On the bright side, the water is running a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, around 66°, so you won’t be freezing while you’re sitting there waiting for a clean one.

From the 9th through the 17th, it’s a whole lot of poor surf. We’re talking small, short-period swells with cross-onshore and onshore winds just ruining any chance of a shape. The combined swell energy is weak, mostly under 100, before bumping up slightly to a moderate level but still with bad wind. It’s a blank run, plain and simple.

The only real glimmer of hope in this entire window comes with the mornings of Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th. We see a bump in swell to around 5ft on the 18th, with a combined energy reading of 279, and a touch bigger at 5ft on the 19th with energy at 327. The wind is super light from the northwest, which is onshore, but with barely a breath of air, things might actually clean up enough to be surfable. The period is short though, only around 6 seconds, so the waves will be crumbly and lack punch. These are the best calls of the pack, but they're on the limit for beginners.

After that, the swell backs down and the wind swings back onshore and cross-onshore with more strength. The energy fades, and we're back to poor, small conditions. There is a bit of a clean-up late in the window from the 21st to the 24th as the wind goes cross-offshore, but the swell has completely abandoned us by then, leaving nothing to surf.

So, get ready for a long, frustrating wait. If you’re desperate, circle those two mornings on the 18th and 19th. They’re your only real chances, even if they aren't perfect.

Rusty.

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