Pors Ar Ville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Pors Ar Ville over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, it’s a grim start. There’s nothing worth paddling out for until the second week of the forecast. The first few days are a write-off with tiny, weak slop and messy winds. You’re looking at a solid 8-day gap with zero surf on offer worth mentioning. It’s one of those stretches where the beach is better for a walk than a session.

Things finally start to stir around Thursday the 13th of August. The morning shows a small cross-offshore breeze with a bit of energy creeping in – combined energy at (114) – but the swell is only 0.6m from the W. It’s clean but barely a bump. That afternoon and into Friday the 14th, the energy builds a little more (153, then 160) with 0.8–0.9m from the WNW. Problem is, the wind swings cross or cross-onshore, chopping things up. Not the best, but it’s something after days of nothing.

Saturday the 15th stays marginal with choppy conditions and dropping energy, and Sunday the 16th is a bit of a mixed bag. But the real standout window starts Monday the 17th of August. Monday morning brings a fresh cross-offshore breeze from the WNW with 1.1m swell at 7 seconds – clean lines. By the afternoon, that swell jumps to 1.4m from the WNW, period 9 seconds, and the combined energy is a solid (281). The wind stays clean and cross-offshore. This is the pick of the whole forecast for me. It’s that clean, pushy groundswell feeling, and Pors Ar Ville is an exposed spot that handles a WNW direction well. The water temp is about average for the time of year at 18°. Keep in mind, at 1.4m it’s manageable for most, but over 1.5m it gets too much for beginners.

Monday the 18th of August kicks off with 1.5m from the WNW, cross-offshore wind, and energy at (313). That afternoon it pushes to 1.8m with (455) – still cross-offshore clean. This is proper surf, but it’s getting into the zone for experienced surfers only as it moves past 1.5m. The morning of Tuesday the 19th sees the biggest swell of the run: 2.4m from the NW, but the wind turns cross-on and the energy spikes to (861). That’s a heavy, powerful swell. Only for experts, and the wind isn’t working in your favour. The afternoon drops back to 1.3m with lighter winds, but by then the peak has passed.

After that, the swell backs right off. From the 20th onwards, it’s back to small, wind-affected slop and onshore winds. There’s a brief uptick on Saturday the 22nd with 1.5m from the WNW and (354), but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy – not worth the drive.

So the honest take: the best surf in this whole outlook is Monday the 17th of August into Tuesday the 18th. Monday afternoon is the sweet spot – clean, solid 1.4m WNW swell with cross-offshore wind and good energy. Don’t sleep on it, but don’t expect much else before or after.

Rusty.

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