Rhosneigr Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Rhosneigr are a write-off. Honestly, there’s just nothing worth paddling out for in this entire 16-day window. We’ve got a whole lot of nothing, and what little action there is comes wrapped in poor surf conditions.

The first real chance of anything remotely surfable is a full week away, on Saturday morning, the 1st of August, and even then it’s a struggle. The water temp is sitting at 62°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only silver lining.

We start off with a Saturday afternoon, the 25th of July, with a tiny 3 ft swell out of the WSW and a short, weak period of 4 seconds. Combined wave energy is pathetic at 30, and the wind is onshore and gusty. It’s all downhill from there. Sunday the 26th sees a little more size, 5 ft from the WNW, but the wind is a fresh cross-onshore at 19-22 mph, making it lumpy and ugly. The energy bumps up to 153, but it’s completely blown out.

The pattern just repeats: small, weak swells, and almost always cross-onshore or onshore wind. The period stays mostly short, between 4 and 6 seconds, giving us nothing but windswell chop. There’s a sniff of light offshore winds on the 29th of July, but the swell is anemic at 1 ft and gone in a flash.

By the time we hit the first week of August, the whole stretch from July 30th through to August 5th is a graveyard of tiny swells (mostly under 2 ft), weak energy (often below 30), and cross-shore breezes that just don’t line up. Even the few times the wind goes offshore, like on the morning of August 6th, the swell is basically flat at 0.3 ft, with a long period of 13 seconds that only works on the right setup—but there’s no wave to ride.

The second week is even more grim. From August 6th onward, it’s practically flat, with energy values as low as 7 or 12. A couple of afternoons show a little bump from a SW swell on August 8th (4 ft), but the wind is a fresh onshore 19 mph, so it’s just messy. The last gasp is on August 9th with a 4 ft cross-shore swell from WNW, but again, fresh wind kills any chance of a clean wave.

There is no standout day here. If you’re after a tip: the morning of Saturday, August 1st offers the biggest combination—4 ft from the SW, period of 6 seconds, light wind, but it’s cross-onshore. It’s the best of a bad lot, but honestly, it’s not worth getting wet for. The break is fairly consistent, but the quality just isn’t there. For a beginner spot like this, the water’s the only thing that’s a bit warmer than usual.

Don’t hold your breath. These stretches happen. Forecasts can change, but right now, leave the board in the car.

Rusty.

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