Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you what I’m seeing for the next couple of weeks around here. Honestly, it’s a real flat spell to start, and it’s gonna be a while before we get anything worth paddling out for.

We’ve only got one spot to look at – Porth Ceriad. For the first week, it’s basically a no-go. Tiny little dribbles, mixed with onshore winds and a lot of rain. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are just knee-high slop at best, with very poor conditions. The wind is just not playing ball. The weekend of the 29th and 30th sees the swell pick up a bit, to around 4 ft, but those strong southerly winds are just gonna wreck it – lumpy, choppy mess. There’s some energy in the water on Saturday, with a combined swell energy reading of 143 to 146 (moderate), but it’s not gonna be surfable.

Monday the 31st is a tease. The swell drops a little, but we get a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the WNW. The swell is a clean 4 ft from the SW with a 9-second period. The combined energy jumps to 231 (moderate). But the score is still zero for poor conditions, so something must be off. Tuesday the 1st of September is a write-off again.

Then we get a real gap. The morning of Wednesday the 2nd through to the 11th is pretty much all poor with hardly any surf.

There is one small glimmer, very late in the window. On Friday the 4th of September, in the afternoon, we get a light offshore breeze from the North and swell just over 6 ft (6 ft) from the WSW. The combined energy is strong at 277 (moderate). The notes say it could be good. That’s the only stand-out in the entire 16 days. It’s a long way off, so don’t get your hopes up, but for an expert, that might be the one to keep an eye on. The south-west swell direction is also a good match for this break’s preferred direction.

Before that, on the morning of Saturday the 5th of September, there’s a tiny window of glassy conditions with a 3 ft swell, but the energy is weak (83) and it’s only a 6-second period, so it’ll be weak and fat.

Honestly, for the most part, this is a kite surfing forecast. The fresh onshore winds and moderate swell will make for good wind conditions, but for us paddle surfers? It’s a lean couple of weeks. The water temp on that first Thursday morning was a balmy 65°, which is *much warmer than normal* for the time of year by about 5°, which is very unusual.

Keep the board waxed for that Friday the 4th.

Rusty.

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