Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee mate, let’s have a look at what’s cooking. It’s a tough stretch ahead, I’ll be straight with you. The whole 16-day window is looking like a write-off for any kind of decent surf. We’re looking at a long, flat spell, so if you’ve got other plans, don’t feel bad about pulling the pin.

Porth Ceriad is the only spot we’ve got on the radar, and honestly, it’s a ghost town. We kick off with nothing on the board, and that’s the story right through to the end of the forecast. The first hint of anything rideable doesn’t show up until the 10th of September, but even then, we’re talking about a tiny window. On the Thursday morning, the wind finally goes light and clean with a cross-off breeze, and the swell shows up at 5 ft from the WSW with a period of 7 seconds. The combined energy reads a moderate 279 (just a moderate push), and the water temp is a very unusual 65°—that’s much warmer than you’d expect for this time of year. It’s a break that’s fairly consistent and exposed, facing a SW swell, so it gets what’s coming.

For that Thursday morning, it’s going to be clean and surfable, but don’t get too excited—it’s only a brief moment. The afternoon drops off to 4 ft and the energy halves. After that, it’s back to the doldrums. Friday the 11th is tiny and clean but you’d be fighting for scraps. The rest of the second week is a complete bust—flat, blown out, or just too small to bother. There’s one late blip on Sunday the 13th afternoon with a gentle offshore, but the swell is a mere 1 ft. That’s not a session, that’s a paddle.

So, bottom line: there’s no standout, no hidden gem, just one or two hours of half-decent conditions on the 10th of September morning if you’re desperate. The rest is a long dry spell. It’s more normal for this part of the world to have these blank runs, but it’s grim. I’d keep an eye on the charts, but for now, I’d find something else to do.

Rusty.

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