Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – it's a grim stretch ahead for Porth Ceriad. We're looking at a solid 16-day window, but honestly, the surf gods have taken a holiday. For the next week and a half, it's a whole lot of nothing with some messy, blown-out junk mixed in.

Let's start with the here and now. Tuesday the 25th, we've got a tiny 0.3ft SW swell, but with a 13-second period you'd think there'd be some energy. There isn't. The water's sitting at 65°F, which is much warmer than normal, but you won't be getting wet for the waves. The whole first week is a write-off. Wednesday and Thursday keep that pathetic 0.3ft to 0.7ft of swell, and while the wind tries to go cross-off a few times, there's just no wave to ride. It's a flat spell with a bit of breeze.

We finally see a pulse of energy on Friday the 28th morning. A 3ft SW swell with moderate energy (118) pops up, but it's coming with a cross-onshore wind that's got the surface all choppy. Not worth the paddle. Saturday the 29th sees the swell jump to 6ft from the SW, and the combined energy gets to 275, which is moderate. But the wind is howling from the W at 22 mph, making for a lumpy, cross-shore mess. By the afternoon it drops to 4ft and the wind backs off a touch, but it's still not clean.

From Sunday the 30th right through to Monday the 7th of September, it's a nightmare of onshores, strong winds, and blown-out conditions. We get a few swells in the 5ft to 8ft range – Monday the 31st has a 3ft WSW swell, but it's lumpy. Tuesday the 1st of September brings a proper 8ft SSW swell with strong energy (838), but the wind is a near gale from the SSW at 31 mph. That's expert-only, blown-out chaos. Honestly, with that much wind and swell, Porth Ceriad looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The second week doesn't get much better. Wednesday the 2nd has a 6ft swell but more strong cross-shore winds. Thursday the 3rd is a write-off with a severe gale. Friday the 4th sees the swell drop right back to 3ft. There's a brief moment on Saturday the 5th afternoon where a 5ft SW swell with a 9-second period and clean, cross-off wind from the WNW at 25 mph gives us some hope, but it's a long way out and the confidence is low. By Sunday the 6th, it's back to onshores and messy conditions.

Look, there's no standout here. Not a single session worth circling on the calendar. When you see scores of zero across the board, you know it's time to find something else to do. The only thing close to decent is that Saturday the 5th afternoon window, but that's over a week away and the forecast could easily turn to rubbish.

Stay patient, lads. It tends not to stay this poor for long, but this is a rough patch.

Rusty.

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