Portreath Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let’s get into it. The surf is going to be pretty ordinary for the next few days. We’ve got a run of poor conditions to kick things off with.

For the rest of today, Wednesday the 16th, the surf is up around 2.0m but the wind is howling onshore and it’s going to be messy. The wave energy is moderate at 967, but the quality is just not there. We’ll trade that for a couple of days of similar, poor surf. Thursday the 17th sees bigger winds as well, pushing 30 km/h, and the swell drops slightly to around 2.1m. Still a messy, poor looking product. The weekend starts with the same story, bigger swells on Saturday, 2.2m, but with cross-shore and cross-onshore winds it’ll be a battle. It’s not until Sunday the 20th that we finally catch a break.

Sunday morning is the first real highlight. Overnight the wind goes glassy and calm, with that 1.5m W groundswell wrapping in. That’s a decent wave, and with no wind it’s going to be clean and fun. The energy is moderate at 522. This is your first good window.

Monday the 21st looks like a clean, smaller option in the morning. A drop to 1.0m with that light offshore—that’s a glassy, clean look for the longboards or a fun fish. That’s a decent one.

Then the standout period begins. Tuesday the 22nd is where we start to see it all come together. In the afternoon the swell eases to 1.0m but the wind swings offshore, and the period jumps to 17 seconds. That’s a proper, long-period groundswell. The energy jumps to 905, and the conditions are forecast to be very good. This is shaping up to be a special window.

Wednesday the 23rd is a step up. It’s bigger again, 1.6m in the morning, but it’s the wind conditions that get the heart racing. That’s a fresh, clean offshore wind at 30 km/h. The wave energy is also strong at 1016. It’ll be a bit more powerful, but that offshore breeze will hold it up nicely. That looks like a highlight too.

After that, we pay for it. From the 24th, things get small and we are looking at at least a few days of weak surf with mainly poor conditions. By the 26th, the swell is down to a tiny 0.3m, so we are in a flat spell.

The end of the forecast window brings back swell. On the 30th of September, look for the swell to rebuild to 2.1m in the morning. The wind is cross-offshore from the east and it’s clean. The energy is strong at 702. But the period is a little short at 9 seconds. The standout is the afternoon as the wind eases to 15 km/h and the waves clean up. That is a good day on the way. The last call, on the 1st of October, also looks promising with clean, offshore winds and a decent 1.7m SW swell.

There is hope in the forecast, but you have to work through the mush to get to it.

Signing off,
Rusty

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