Pors Ar Ville Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wettie, because it’s time for the full 16-day rundown from Pors Ar Ville.

First off, let me be straight with you: we are looking at a long, hard wait before things get even a little bit interesting. The next seven days? Forget it. We’ve got tiny, weak, and messy conditions all the way through the end of July. The swell is barely pushing past 1ft to 3ft, but the wind has been onshore or cross-onshore and just ruining any chance of a wave. The energy readings are stuck in the double digits – weak stuff. It’s not even worth paddling out; you’d just be bobbing around getting frustrated.

The morning of Sunday, July 28th is where the switch finally flips. The swell builds to a clean 5ft out of the WNW, combined energy hits 256 (moderate), and more importantly, you’ve got a gentle cross-offshore breeze from the WNW. The waves will be clean, but the size is still manageable – not too big, not too small. That morning slot on the 28th is the first real chance of the whole outlook.

After that, we roll into a pretty solid run through the end of the first week of August. The standout window is definitely Friday, July 31st through the morning of Saturday, August 2nd.

Friday morning, July 31st is looking like the absolute pick of the bunch. We’ve got a solid 6ft of WNW groundswell wrapping in with combined energy at 500 (strong). The wind is a clean cross-offshore breeze, and the period is a nice 8-9 seconds. It’s going to be a little chunky for beginners at that size, but for anyone with a shred of experience, the surf will be very good. Expect clean, rippable walls. There will be a bit of crowd potential on a day like that, so be ready.

The morning of Saturday, August 1st holds similar energy – 6ft from the WNW, a gentle cross-offshore, and a longer 10-second period. Then into Sunday morning, August 2nd, we see a 5ft swell from the WNW with a true offshore from the WSW and very light winds. That’s glassy, clean surf on offer.

Bear in mind, this is all long-range for the last week and the first of August, so keep an eye on the forecasts as we get closer, but the pattern is setting up nicely. The wind is looking much better for the breaks here, and for a beach and reef setup like this, those longer-period WNW swells should wrap in with some decent shape.

Overall, it’s a painful first week, but the second week has some real promise, and that Friday the 31st is your day to circle on the calendar.

- Rusty

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