Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Poldhu Cove has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: this is a tough run. From today, Wednesday the 26th of August, right through to the end of the first week of September, it’s one of those stretches where you’d be better off staying on the beach with a coffee than out in the water. The prevailing south-west winds are going to mess things up almost every day, and while there’s some solid swell in the mix, the conditions are just poor.

We do get a little pulse on Thursday the 27th – a 3ft to 4ft south-southwest swell, with clean offshore winds in the morning. It’s a brief window, but the overall energy is weak to moderate (149 and 206), so it’s not going to be a standout. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing wild.

Then Friday the 28th brings a bit more size – 4ft in the morning from the southwest, but the winds are onshore, so it’s a messy affair. The situation gets worse into the weekend. Saturday the 29th sees the swell jump to 8ft, and by the afternoon it hits 12ft from the west-southwest. That’s a lot of water moving – combined swell energy is up at 1629 – but with a strong breeze blowing cross-onshore, it’s going to be a washing machine. Honestly, this setup looks more interesting for the kite surfers than for paddle surfing.

Sunday the 30th has a risk of thunderstorms and fresh cross-onshore winds on a 7ft swell, and Monday the 31st is similar, with 8ft swell but cross-shore winds creating a chop. By Tuesday the 1st of September and into the midweek, we’re stuck with cross-onshore winds and lumpy conditions. The water temp stays average.

Now, here’s the one true highlight in this whole dump. On Friday the 4th of September, the stars line up. Poldhu Cove gets a glassy morning – that’s right, zero wind, dead calm. Swell is 5ft from the west with a period of 10 seconds, giving you 524 units of combined energy. That is a decent, well-shaped groundswell. The offshore wind from the north-west kicks in for the afternoon with a light cross-shore breeze, keeping things clean. This is the only day I’d be genuinely excited about. The 5ft swell is solid for intermediate surfers, and the glassy conditions will give you the smoothest lines Poldhu has seen in weeks. Crowds are possible here, so you’ll want to get in early.

After that, Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of September have clean conditions – cross-offshore winds – but the swell drops to 4ft and 3ft, so it’s small and weak (energy under 276). Not a write-off, but not a standout either.

Then we jump to Monday the 7th of September. We get a massive 12ft swell from the west, with a 10-second period and energy up at 2386 – that’s very strong. But the winds are onshore from the southwest again. That kind of size and chop is expert-only, and even then, it’ll be a battle. Not for the faint-hearted.

The last few days, from Tuesday the 8th to Thursday the 10th, fade out with mediocre swell and onshore or cross-shore winds. Nothing to write home about.

So to sum it up: most of the next two weeks is a bust for clean surfing at Poldhu. The big standout is Friday the 4th of September – glassy conditions, solid 5ft west swell with good energy. That’s your day. The rest is either blown out or too small.

Rusty.

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