Perranporth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for the next couple of weeks.

To be blunt, this is a rough stretch for Perranporth. The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off for decent surf. There’s a big gap of poor conditions right from the start, with nothing worth paddling out for until a brief window on Tuesday the 28th of July, and even that’s only just surfable. After that, we’re back into a long run of poor, onshore, and chopped-out conditions that lasts for over a week. It’s not until the second week, on Saturday the 8th of August, that we see a real spike in swell energy, but the wind is still messy.

The best of a bad bunch, and I mean the only real standout, is Tuesday the 28th of July. The morning sees a light S cross-off breeze at 3 mph, with clean conditions and a tiny 2 ft W swell. The afternoon is even better – glassy, with a 2 ft W swell. The combined energy is weak, just 65 and 78 (respectively), but when the wind goes flat like that, you can get some fun little peaks. The water temp is a touch warmer than normal at 66°, which is a nice bonus.

Now, the big one. Saturday the 8th of August. We’ve got a solid 10 ft swell from the WSW, with a period of 10 seconds and a massive combined energy of 1886. That’s a lot of power. But the wind is from the NNW at 9 mph, creating a gentle cross-onshore chop. It’s going to be lumpy and messy. It’s a long way out, so treat this as promising but not certain. For experts only, as that size is too big for beginners. The afternoon drops to 8 ft but the wind picks up.

Honestly, for the rest of the time, the wind is constantly onshore or cross-onshore, from the NW, W, or SW, and the waves are either too small, too short-period, or just plain chopped out. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of the forecast.

Rusty.

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