Pors Ar Ville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Pors Ar Ville. I’ll be straight with you – the next two weeks are a tough watch. The forecast window is 16 days, and honestly, the first few days are a write-off. We’re looking at some small, weak swell and messy winds. The combined energy is barely a whisper, with values in the low double digits and a few mid-80s at the start, which is just weak wave energy. It’s going to be a long stretch of nothing much to get excited about until we get into the second week.

Wednesday, July 29th, we’ve got a tiny 3ft swell from the WNW, but with a cross-offshore wind. The water temp is 65°, which is about normal for this time of year. The swell period is only 9 seconds, so it’s weak, and the wave comment says it’s poor surf conditions. It’s a consistent break, but this is just a clean, knee-high dribble. Not worth getting wet for.

Thursday and Friday follow the same pattern. Tiny 2ft to 3ft swell, cross to cross-onshore winds, and period dropping to 8 seconds. The energy is sinking into the 50s and 60s. It’s all poor surf conditions. Saturday and Sunday, August 1st and 2nd, are even worse. The swell drops to 1ft, and the wind goes straight onshore from the NNE on Sunday with 15 mph. The combined energy is down in the 30s. It’s basically a flat, blown-out lake.

The first week of August is a desert. Monday the 3rd through to Sunday the 9th, the swell never gets above 1ft for days, and the energy is in the teens and twenties. There’s a little bump on the 8th with a 3ft swell, but it’s a 5-second period windswell from the NW, and the wind is onshore at 15 mph. The combined energy is still only 53. That’s poor quality, short period slop. It’s not surfing.

Now, let’s look at the second week. There’s a glimmer on Tuesday, August 11th. We’ve got a 3ft swell from the WNW with a light cross-onshore breeze. The energy is 75. Still weak, but it’s the best of a bad bunch. The real standout, such as it is, is Wednesday, August 12th. The swell picks up to 5ft from the NW, with a 6-second period, and a cross-shore wind. The combined energy hits 144, which is moderate wave energy. This is the biggest swell of the entire forecast. But that 6-second period means it’s a short, weak windswell. It will be choppy and sectiony. The wind is cross-shore, making it a bit messy. For a break that’s exposed to the WNW, the direction is okay, but the quality is poor. It’s a beach and reef setup, and with that wind and short period, it might be more interesting for the kite crew than paddle surfers. It’s the only day with some size, but it’s not the clean, lined-up waves we’d hope for.

After that, it tails off again into the 1ft to 2ft range with clean but weak cross-offshore winds. The energy drops back to the 20s.

So, the bottom line: there are no true standouts. The best day is likely Wednesday, August 12th, if you’re desperate for a paddle and want to play with some chop, but it’s not a classic. The rest of the fortnight is a bust. It’s a consistent spot, but it doesn’t mean it’s always good. A blank run like this is just part of the deal here sometimes. Keep an eye on the charts, things can change.

Rusty.

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