Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Porth Ceriad. To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are gonna be a real test of patience. There’s no surf to speak of for the first ten days. We’re talking flat spells and tiny, weak dribble from the 4th of August right through until the morning of the 14th. You’d be better off taking the dog for a walk or cleaning the wax off your boards.

Things finally start to show a pulse on Friday morning the 14th. We get a little 4ft swell rolling in from the SW with a short period of 5 seconds. The energy is weak, only 63 (combined swell energy). But the wind is glassy – dead calm – so if you’re a beginner or just desperate for a paddle, the morning session will be clean. That small, weak swell sticks around into the afternoon, picking up slightly to 4ft, with a clean cross-off breeze from the NW. Still very ordinary, but at least it’s rideable.

Then we hit a flat patch again through Saturday the 15th.

Sunday the 16th sees a little bump of 3ft from the WSW, but it’s cross-shore wind and choppy. Not worth getting wet for.

The best of the whole outlook, if you can call it that, arrives on Monday morning the 17th of August. We get a 4ft swell from the WSW with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy bumps up to 142 (moderate). More importantly, the wind is a clean cross-off from the NW. It’s still only surfable but very ordinary, and honestly, the standout here is that it’s the cleanest, most energetic window in the entire 16 days. For a beginner, it’s a solid option. For anyone else, it’s a low-bar highlight. The swell direction is right on the money from the SW optimum, so the break should hold shape.

After that, it fades fast into tiny, weak, and choppy conditions for the rest of the run.

Water temp is running about 4°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so it’s much warmer than usual – you won’t need the thick wetsuit.

Bottom line: there’s nothing here to get excited about. If you’re desperate, the mornings of the 14th and 17th are your only real shots, and only for a quiet, clean session on small waves. Porth Ceriad is fairly consistent normally, so this is a poor run. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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