Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Poldhu Cove.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks look pretty bleak for paddle surfing. We've got a solid run of poor conditions right through the first week of September and beyond, with only one real window that’s worth getting excited about. The swell is there, but the wind and general mess are the story for most of it.

The pattern kicks off with a stormy, onshore mess. Saturday the 29th of August is a write-off: an 12 ft to 13 ft SW swell with a strong breeze blowing right onto it, and the combined energy is huge at 1364 and 2679, but it’s just a windblown, dangerous lump. Sunday and Monday stay poor with fresh to strong onshore winds and junky cross-chop. The swell hangs around the 7 ft to 10 ft range, but the quality is zero.

We then drop into a long stretch of mostly poor, marginal conditions right through until the 5th of September. The waves are small to moderate, but the wind keeps messing it up. On Tuesday the 1st of September, you’ve got a tiny 4 ft W swell, but with an onshore breeze, it’s not worth the rubber. Wednesday the 2nd gets a weird 4 ft swell with a pathetic 5-second period and only 113 combined energy – that’s just weak and bumpy.

Now, there’s a little glimmer on the horizon. On Saturday the 5th of September, the morning session looks like the standout. The swell is a clean 6 ft from the west with a solid 10-second period, and the wind goes glassy – completely off. The combined energy reads 686, a nice moderate amount of power. This is the one to aim for. Poldhu Cove is fairly exposed to the SW, and with that west swell and glassy conditions, it should offer some clean, rideable waves. It might be a bit much for true beginners at 6 ft, but for the rest of us, it’s the only clean window in a stormy forecast. The afternoon gets a light easterly cross-off, which is still clean, but the morning glass is the real prize.

After that, it’s back to onshore winds and messy conditions from the 6th through the 13th of September. There’s a brief mention of clean cross-off winds on the 7th and 8th, but the swell is still around 6 ft to 3 ft with a fresh breeze, so it’s not the same quality. Later on the 13th of September, there’s a 2 ft groundswell with a very long 15-second period, but it’s marginal and the energy is low, so you’d be scratching for scraps.

So, the call is simple: wait for the glassy Saturday morning on the 5th of September. That’s your best bet. The rest is a write-off until something changes.

Rusty.

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