Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve scanned the charts for this little pocket of coast and, honestly, it’s a tough stretch ahead. We’re looking at a pretty barren run for the next couple of weeks with barely a ripple worth paddling out for.

The focus is Porth Ceriad. Don’t get your hopes up too high. This exposed spot is a beginner-friendly zone, and it's rated as fairly consistent, but what’s in the water over this 16-day window is mostly tiny and weak. The water’s sitting at a very warm 64°F – much warmer than usual for this time of year, which is a nice surprise for the skin, but it won’t make up for the lack of push.

On Thursday the 30th, we start with tiny 1 ft swell from the SW with a poor short period of 5 seconds. The energy is pathetic (6), and a moderate NNW breeze at 16 mph is blowing cross-off, so it’s clean but incredibly weak. Not worth getting wet for. It stays like this into the afternoon with even less energy (3).

Friday the 31st is a total write-off – flat with zero energy. The wind swings onshore in the afternoon, but there’s nothing to surf.

Saturday the 1st of August is the best we’re going to see in this entire period, and it’s still not great. Morning brings a tiny 1 ft SW swell with a period of 5 seconds and combined energy climbing to a still-paltry 9. The wind is a gentle cross-off from the WNW at 9 mph, keeping the surface clean. It’s really only a longboard or foiler wave, but if you’re desperate, this is your window. Afternoon sees the swell drop to 1.0 ft and the wind goes light cross-on.

Sunday the 2nd drops to 0.3 ft with an 8-second period. Morning is crossed up, but the afternoon goes clean with a gentle offshore from the NNW at 9 mph – again, barely a bump.

Monday the 3rd shows a slight pulse with 1 ft from the SW, a longer 9-second period, and energy up to 22. The afternoon clean up with a moderate offshore from the NNW at 16 mph, but it’s still ankle-high.

From Tuesday the 4th right through to Thursday the 14th of August, it’s a long, drawn-out grind of tiny swell – mostly 0.3 ft to 1 ft – with periods bouncing between 4 and 12 seconds. The energy figures are all in the single digits or low teens, which is basically nothing. There’s a little pulse of 3 ft on Sunday the 9th from the ESE, but with a short 4-second period and a cross-onshore wind, it’s just messy chop.

So, the only true standout, and it’s a weak one, is the Saturday the 1st of August morning session at Porth Ceriad. It’s got the cleanest wind and the highest (relatively speaking) energy of the whole run. But honestly, mate, I’d save the wax for another week. The last week of the outlook is flat to near-flat. It’s a long gap of poor conditions.

Rusty.

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