Perranporth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks at Perranporth. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a bit of a mixed bag, and we’ve got a long wait for anything decent.

The window starts with a real dud. Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th are a write-off. We’ve got onshore winds howling and the swell is a messy, short-period windswell giving us poor surf conditions. The water temp is sitting at 18°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only positive.

Monday the 27th is still poor, with the swell dropping and winds still on it. The wait continues through Tuesday the 28th. That morning, we finally get a moment of clarity. The wind goes glassy with an ESE offshore at just 3 mph, and the water is clean. But it’s tiny – only 2 ft of weak, 9-second swell from the west. The combined energy is a measly 62. It’s surfable, but barely. You’d be on a log fighting for knee-high dribblers. It’s the best we’ve seen so far, but that’s not saying much.

Wednesday the 29th through to Saturday the 1st of August is more of the same: small, weak, and winds are all wrong. That’s a solid gap of nearly a week without a real session.

Then, hold on to your board. Sunday the 2nd of August kicks up a massive, powerful swell. We’re talking 12 ft of west-southwest swell with a period of 10-11 seconds, and the combined energy is a massive 2248. That’s serious power. But – and it’s a big but – the wind is a strong cross-onshore at 25 mph. The surf will be lumpy, messy, and all over the place. This is the kind of day where the kite surfers will be having a field day, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a battle. This is for experts only, and even then, it’s a survival mission.

Monday the 3rd of August sees the swell drop back to a more manageable 4 ft, but the wind is still on it, keeping things poor. The rest of the first week of August is a whimper – small, onshore, and unremarkable.

Finally, we get a glimmer of hope. Saturday the 8th of August. The swell is a solid 7 ft from the west, with a long 10-second period. The combined energy is 715 – that’s moderate to strong. The wind is a moderate cross-shore from the north at 12 mph. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best setup we’ve seen in the whole outlook. The longer period will give the waves some shape and grunt. This is the standout. It’s a week and a half away, so don’t book your flights yet, but it’s the one to keep an eye on. Sunday the 9th is a slight step down, with the swell dropping to 6 ft and the wind picking up a touch, still onshore.

So, to sum it up: the next week is a write-off. The best of the bunch is that Saturday the 8th of August window, with a decent sized, long-period west swell and a workable cross-shore wind. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only real chance we’ve got.

Rusty.

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