Perranporth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, the outlook for Perranporth is looking pretty poor overall. We’ve got a long stretch of weak, messy surf ahead. The first real chance of anything worth paddling out for doesn't show up until Tuesday the 7th, and even then, it’s nothing to write home about. We’re looking at a long dry spell before that – the first few days are basically a write-off.

Let’s break it down. The pattern starts with a consistent westerly wind and small, weak swell. The combined wave energy is low, sitting around 105–140 (moderate wave energy) for a couple of days, but the wind is straight onshore or cross-onshore, making it choppy and poor. The water temperature is 62°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The first morning that might get your attention is Tuesday the 7th. We’ve got glassy conditions at dawn with a WNW wind of just 3 mph. The swell is tiny though, only 2 ft from the west at 9 seconds. It’s surfable but very ordinary. On Wednesday the 8th, the wind swings light and cross-offshore from the ENE, which will clean things up, but again the swell is small at 2 ft.

We get a little bump on Friday the 11th, with a quick spike in swell energy – hitting 208 (moderate wave energy) in the afternoon – but that’s from a short period 6-second NNW windswell that’s lumpy and cross-onshore. Not the kind of day you want to be out there.

The standout, if you can call it that, is on Saturday the 18th. The afternoon sees a very strong spike in combined energy – 438 (strong to very strong wave energy) – with a 6 ft west swell at 8 seconds. That’s a proper wall of whitewater, but with onshore wind from the WNW at 9 mph, it’s going to be a messy, closed-out mess. This is expert-only stuff, and the onshore wind will make it a battle. Not a spot for beginners, that’s for sure.

For the rest of the period, from the 14th onward, we see a few small windows with light cross-offshore winds and tiny swell, but nothing that’s going to have you excited. The 15th has a clean morning with an offshore ESE breeze, but only 2 ft of west swell. The 18th and 19th see moderate cross-shore winds and weak energy.

Honestly, the best bet in this whole 16-day window is the Tuesday the 7th morning session with that glassy start. It’s tiny, but you might get a few clean waist-high rollers. After that, you’re just waiting for the bigger, stormy stuff on the 18th, and that’s for the brave and the experienced only.

Stay patient, lads. It’s a flat spell.

Rusty

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