Pors Nevez Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Pors Nevez over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a grim start. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions kicking off on Monday the 31st of August. The water is a touch warmer than normal at 66°F, about two and a half degrees above what you’d expect for this time of year, but that’s the only warm note. The week is filled with messy cross-shore winds and bumpy, lumpy surf. The combined swell energy is high early on, hitting 1218 (moderate to strong wave energy) on Monday morning, but the wind just tears it apart. Not worth paddling out.

Tuesday the 1st of September morning is the first time we see anything clean, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SW at 10 km/h. Swell is a modest 4ft out of the WNW with a period of 9 seconds and 289 combined energy (moderate). It’s surfable but very ordinary. Don’t get too excited.

The rest of that first week stays mostly clean but the swell is small and weak, or the wind is cross or onshore. The combined energy dips below a hundred a few times, like on Wednesday the 2nd morning with just 80. That’s weak energy, barely a ripple.

We get a bit of a pulse on Friday the 4th morning: 5ft out of the W, period 9 seconds, combined energy 523 (moderate). It’s clean with a gentle breeze, but the forecast calls it marginal, tide-dependent. Could be a sneaky session if you read the banks right.

Then the real kicker comes on Tuesday the 8th of September. That morning looks like the standout. The swell is 6ft out of the W, period 9 seconds, combined energy 541 (moderate). More importantly, the wind is glassy – a slight air from the N at just 6 mph. That’s about as clean as it gets. The forecast says “expect good surf conditions,” and that’s the only time in the entire outlook we see that. This is the one to circle on the calendar. Keep in mind, at 6ft, it’s getting a bit meaty for beginners, but for intermediate crew it’s prime.

The 5ft sets on the Monday before had a much longer period of 11 to 12 seconds, which usually means better shape and more push, but the onshore wind spoiled it.

After the 8th, it goes sour again. Strong winds, cross-chop, and tiny swell. There’s a flicker on Tuesday the 15th of September with a 2ft groundswell out of the W at 11 seconds, light cross-offshore wind, and 151 combined energy – surfable but very ordinary, and a long way off.

So, the long and short of it: the first week is mostly a write-off. The one day that stands out is Tuesday the 8th of September, morning session, glassy conditions with chest-high sets. That’s your best shot.

Rusty

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