Porth Ceriad Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Porth Ceriad.

Honestly, mate, the next 16 days are a tough stretch. We're looking at a long, dry spell with hardly any surf worth paddling out for. The first real chance you'll get is a tiny window over a week and a half away, but it's a gamble. The whole period is mostly a write-off, with a big gap of nothing happening for days on end.

The water is running much warmer than usual for this time of year, sitting at 64° on Thursday morning. That's a proper anomaly.

Let's break it down. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th have some size, with swell around 5 ft to 5 ft coming from the SW and WSW, but the wind is a mess. We're talking strong cross-onshore and cross-shore winds blowing 19-25 mph, making it lumpy and messy. Not worth a look.

We drop right off into a flat spell from the 5th through to the 7th. Tiny waves, poor surf, and even when the wind goes light, there's just no energy.

There's a flicker on the 8th of September, Tuesday morning. The swell picks up to 6 ft from the W, and we get a clean, cross-off wind from the WNW at 22 mph. The combined energy is moderate (232). But it's still rated as poor surf, and the period is a short 6 seconds, so it's going to be a bit of a close-out mess. Not a standout.

Then we go into another flat spell all the way through to the 10th of September, Thursday afternoon. Finally, something worth mentioning. The wind goes glassy, and we get a 4 ft swell from the SW at 7 seconds with a combined energy of 102 (moderate). The waves are surfable, but very ordinary. This is the best of a bad lot, and it's not saying much. It's a beginner-friendly height, but the conditions are just "okay."

From the 11th all the way through to the 18th, it's a flat, almost non-existent swell. Tiny waves, clean winds, but nothing to ride. The long period swells that do show up, like the 19-second groundswell on the 15th, are completely wasted on a 0.3 ft wave height. You'd be floating.

So, the one and only real window to paddle out is Thursday afternoon, the 10th of September, at Porth Ceriad. It's a glassy, beginner-friendly 4 ft, but don't get your hopes up. It's ordinary surfing. The rest of the month is a bust.

Rusty, signing off.

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