Perran Sands Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on offer for our little stretch of coast over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a bit of a mixed bag, and you’re going to need patience.

The forecast opens this afternoon, Friday the 4th, and it’s a write-off. We’ve got a 7ft west swell at Perran Sands, but that 19 mi/h cross-on westerly wind is going to ruin any chance of a decent wave. The water is sitting at 64°, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The weekend doesn't offer much relief. Saturday the 5th drops off to 5ft in the morning and 4ft in the afternoon from the west, but it’s still cross-on or cross-shore with light winds. The models are calling it marginal, and I’d agree – leave the board in the car.

Sunday the 6th morning sees the swell drop to a tiny 2ft. We do get a clean, fresh offshore breeze from the SSE, but with wave energy down at just 85, it’s not worth paddling out for. Monday the 7th looks feisty but messy. A 8ft west swell rolls in with a long 13-second period and a massive combined energy of 1783, but that cross-on wind at 16 mi/h makes for poor, choppy conditions. That trend of messy, onshore or cross-onshore winds and lumpy surf continues right through the next week.

Honestly, this is a grim run. From right now until the morning of Sunday the 13th of September, we have almost no surfable conditions. That’s about eight days of poor surf. The swell is either too messy, too small, or blown out. The exception might be Sunday the 13th morning – we see a 2ft west swell with a clean cross-offshore wind from the SSE. The wave energy is a low 104, and it’s surfable, but very ordinary. You could get a few grovelly ones on a log if you’re keen.

After that, the second week looks even smaller. From Monday the 14th through to the end of the period, the swell drops below 3ft and the periods get long or weird. There’s a moment on Thursday the 18th of September morning where it goes dead flat with glassy conditions and zero wind – a 1ft swell from the west-northwest with only 44 energy. Pretty as a pond, but no waves.

To be fair, given the lack of consistency here, a run of poor surf isn't unusual. Don’t lose hope though - forecasts shift. For now, if you’re desperate, the best you’ll get is that Sunday morning the 13th, and you’ll be scratching for scraps.

Rusty.

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