Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is a tough stretch for us around here.

Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you – for Porth Ceriad, the next sixteen days is a proper write-off. There is simply no surf worth getting wet for. We’re looking at a long, barren run from now all the way through to the 20th of September. That’s over two weeks with absolutely no recommendations. Every single session in the data comes back as "poor surf conditions." It’s one of those blank runs that’s more normal for this area when the swell just doesn’t line up.

We start off on Saturday the 5th with tiny 3ft swell from the WSW, but a cross-shore wind messes it up. The water temp is a notable 64°, which is 4° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a significant warm anomaly. But honestly, with combined wave energy barely hitting 73, it’s just weak and choppy. Sunday the 6th is even worse with rain and onshore winds. The only time we see any real size is Monday the 7th morning, with a 4ft WSW swell and a very long period of 14 seconds from a groundswell (energy hits 494), but it’s ruined by strong cross-onshore winds at 25 km/h. A long-period groundswell like that would usually be better on a point or reef, but with the wind howling, it’s just a mess.

Tuesday the 8th has 6ft swell with 254 energy, but again, the wind is a fresh cross-shore, making it lumpy and ugly. That size is too much for beginners anyway, but the quality is shot. By Wednesday the 9th it drops back to tiny 2ft, and although the wind goes cross-offshore making it clean, the energy is only 32 – not enough to ride. From Thursday the 10th onwards it’s a mix of onshore chop or flat spells. There’s a glassy morning on the 14th with 0.3ft, but that’s barely a ripple. Even the offshore winds we get around the 17th and 18th are on flat or near-flat waves with energy at 1 or 0. The long-period 16-second swell on the 19th is a tease – clean and offshore, but with only 0.3ft and 7 energy, you’d be sitting on a still ocean.

There’s nothing to highlight here, folks. No standouts, no silver linings. The only thing worth saying is that for breaks this exposed, when the swell and wind refuse to cooperate, it’s a proper dust-off. The setup here might look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on the few days we get that cross-shore breeze and a bit of swell, but for us surfers? Forget it.

Hang in there. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is as grim as it gets.

Rusty

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