Portreath Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, grab a coffee and listen up. I’m Rusty, and I’ve been staring at the charts for your patch of coast here at Portreath Beach. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a tough outlook. We’ve got a solid 16 days to look at, but the first week is pretty much a write-off for a decent paddle.

The swell energy is weak, sitting under (100) for most of the early days, which tells you there’s not much push behind anything. To make matters worse, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, junking up any session. Tuesday and Wednesday are pretty grim, with small 2ft to 3ft swell from the west and northwest, blown out by a NW breeze. Thursday stays small with a cross-shore wind, still no good. There’s a glimmer on Friday morning the 10th of July when we get a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the ENE and a 3ft swell from the west (energy at 139). It’s the first surfable wave of the period, but the conditions are only described as “very ordinary” so keep your hopes in check. Saturday and Sunday drop off again into poor territory.

Now, here’s where it gets a bit weird and interesting. Tuesday morning the 14th of July shows a tiny 1.0ft swell, but from the SW with a very long period of 18 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy (107), but the wave height is pathetic – you’d need a special board to get into those. The wind is a strong offshore from the ESE, so it would be clean, but the size just isn’t there for a proper ride.

After that, we hit another rough patch. From the 15th right through to the 22nd of July, it’s all small, messy, and onshore or cross-on. Swell heights hover between 1.0ft and 2ft, with energy dropping to as low as (23). The wind is mostly from the NW or WNW, which is directly onshore here – absolute rubbish for getting a clean face.

The best chance, and it’s a real long shot, is the Sunday morning the 19th of July. There might be a tiny 1ft swell, but the wind goes light offshore from the SSE. That’s a good sign for clean conditions, but the swell is just too weak to get excited about. The whole 16-day stretch is a struggle. The worst of it is, the swell direction never lines up with the optimum NW direction from the guidance, and the consistency is poor.

Honestly, for a spot that’s fairly exposed, this is a dry spell. The whole period is more interesting for floating around than actually catching decent waves. Don’t bother waxing up for at least the first week. Sometimes it just stays flat here.

Rusty.

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