Porsmilin Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – for the next week or so, Porsmilin is in a bit of a slump. There’s just not enough quality to get excited about. The swell is there, sometimes, but it's small, short-period stuff, and the wind doesn’t often play ball. We’ve got a long gap of ordinary days ahead before things finally start to look up.

Let’s start with Thursday the 6th. The morning offers a little 3ft swell from the WNW, but it’s a weak 6-second period and the wind is a cross-off. The combined energy is only 109, so it’s pretty weak. It’s surfable, but honestly, it’s very ordinary. By the afternoon, the wind picks up to 25 km/h from the NNW, and it’s just poor.

Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th are write-offs. Swell drops to 1.0ft and 1ft, with short periods, and the wind is either offshore or cross-off, but the waves just aren’t there. It’s frustrating.

Sunday the 9th through to Tuesday the 11th are similar – small, weak swell, mostly 2ft, with periods around 8 or 9 seconds, and the energy stays low. Wind is mostly offshore or cross-off, but it’s not enough to make it worthwhile. The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Wednesday the 12th sees a slight bump with 3ft from the W, period up to 10 seconds, and the energy climbs to 157. Still just ordinary. The pattern continues through Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th, with the wind turning cross-on and making things choppy and messy.

Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th are still poor. The swell gets a bit bigger on Sunday, hitting 5ft from the WNW, but it’s a short 8-second period with a cross-on wind, so it’s not going to be clean. The energy is 246, showing some push, but the wind ruins it.

Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th bring more of the same – onshore and cross-shore winds, chop, and nothing you’d want to paddle out into. The swell is up to 4ft to 5ft, but the quality is missing.

Wednesday the 19th is a write-off with a strong onshore wind, and Thursday the 20th is messy with 6ft swell from the WNW but a strong cross-on wind. The energy is 728, which is strong, but for a beach break, that’s more of a kite-surfing situation than a good paddle session.

Now, here’s the one that gets my heart pumping. Look to the morning of Friday the 21st of August. That’s the standout. Porsmilin is expecting a 6ft swell from the WNW, period of 9 seconds, and the wind goes glassy – a light 5 km/h from the NNW, with the “glass” state. That’ll be clean, smooth, and the energy is 561, so there’s proper power behind it. The water temp is still average, but the conditions will be a dream. This is a morning to make a plan for. The wind is perfect, the swell has some size but isn’t too big for intermediates, and the wave shape will be much better than anything we’ve seen. The afternoon still looks decent with a 5ft, but the wind picks up to a cross-off, so the morning is the winner.

So, overall, it’s a long wait, but that Friday the 21st morning is the real deal. Don’t sleep on it.

Rusty.

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