Pors Ar Ville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get stuck into the outlook for Pors Ar Ville.

The next sixteen days have a bit of a mixed bag, but there’s a definite standout session if you’re patient. This is a powerful, exposed beach and reef setup that needs the right windows of wind to line up. The water temp is sitting at 65°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you might be able to get away with a slightly thinner suit.

The first real window of opportunity kicks off on Monday the 7th of September. We’ve got a solid 6ft swell rolling in from the WNW, with a period of 13 seconds, giving it some real grunt. The combined wave energy is moderate at 917, and the wind is a gentle cross-off breeze from the WNW. That’s the recipe for some legitimate, clean, lined-up waves. This is the best on offer, and if you’re solid on your feet, you’ll want to be out there. The crowd factor is listed as “sometimes,” so you might have a few others in the water, but the quality on offer will be worth it.

After that, conditions get a bit messy. Tuesday sees a drop in quality with a fresh offshore wind on Tuesday morning, but the swell is a bit mixed up, and then the afternoon gets hammered by a cross-shore wind that will chop it all up. The rest of the first week and into the second week is a bit of a write-off for anything clean. We get a lot of cross-shore and cross-onshore winds, with swell heights dropping into the 2ft to 3ft range. The energy drops off fast, with values in the double digits, which is weak.

There’s a flicker of hope on Friday the 11th of September morning. A 4ft, 10-second swell from the WNW with a slight offshore wind from the SW. It’s clean, but it’s a small window, and the energy is only 235 (moderate). It’s surfable, but not the standout.

The next real notable event is a late-run session on Thursday the 17th of September. In the morning, we get a 4ft swell from the WNW with a light offshore from the WSW. It’s clean, and the period is a short 7 seconds, so it will be a bit weaker in the water, but the conditions will be good. The energy is moderate at 239. This is a decent option for the later part of the forecast.

For the absolute standout, it’s Monday the 7th of September. That 6ft, 13-second groundswell combined with the light offshore cross-off wind is the cleanest, most powerful wave in the whole run. The rest of the fortnight is mostly small, weak, or wind-affected, with a lot of cross-shore chop. The gap between the 7th and the 17th is a long stretch of mostly poor conditions, so don’t expect much in between.

If you’re a beginner, the 6ft swell on the 7th is at the top end of what you’d want, and anything over 8ft is only for the experts. The 4ft swell on the 11th and the 4ft on the 17th are more manageable.

Rusty.

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