Poldhu Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, ol’ Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – the news from this neck of the woods is a bit of a bummer. There’s a long stretch ahead with nothing worth paddling out for, so if you’re itching to get wet, you might be waiting a while.

We’re looking at Poldhu Cove for the whole run, and the first worthwhile wave doesn’t show up until Monday, the 4th of August. Even then, it’s just a glimmer. The water temp is sitting at 67°F – that’s a solid 5°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a hood.

So, let’s break it down, day by day. The first few days, from the 30th of July through the 3rd of August? Forget it. It’s a mess of choppy, cross-shore winds and tiny, weak swell. The combined wave energy is barely a whisper, with numbers like 53 and 59, that’s weak energy. Not worth a second look.

Then comes Monday morning, the 4th of August. It’s still tiny, with a 2ft swell from the SW, but the real story is the wind. It’s glassy. Absolutely flat calm. The kind of morning that makes you want to be out there even if the waves are small. The energy is still weak at 44, but the glassy conditions are a major positive for a clean surface. In the afternoon, the wind shifts to a light cross-onshore, so the window is the morning.

The week that follows is just more of the same struggle. The wind is mostly cross or onshore, and the wave heights stay under 3ft. The energy is weak, barely cracking 100. The best of a bad lot is Sunday, the 9th of August. We get a clean 4ft swell from the WNW in the morning, with a gentle offshore wind from the NNE. The period is 8 seconds, so it’s a short-period windswell, but it’s clean. The combined energy is 195, which is still moderate. It’s surfable, but it’s ordinary.

After that, it’s a dead end. The last week of the outlook is a real letdown. From the 10th of August onward, the swell drops right off and the wind turns ugly again. It’s a long, blank run of tiny, weak, and messy conditions.

So, the honest truth? There are no standouts here. No big swells, no perfect winds. The only real highlight is the glassy morning of Monday, the 4th of August, but even that is for the absolute beginner on a longboard. The rest of the 16 days is a write-off for decent surf. Keep your gear dry and check back in later.

Rusty.

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