Trearddur Bay (Holy Island) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it for Trearddur Bay. It’s been a quiet spell here on Holy Island, and the next couple of weeks aren’t shaping up to be anything special. We’re stuck with small, weak swells and messy wind. There’s a real gap right at the start with no decent surf at all.

It starts on Sunday the 26th of July, and it’s a write-off. We’ve got a 4ft swell from the WNW, but with a nasty 22 mph cross-wind, it’s just lumpy and poor. The combined energy is only 117 (moderate), but the wind has ruined it. Monday the 27th drops right down to 2ft and 3ft, with onshore winds—absolutely nothing to get excited about. That poor run keeps going all through the rest of July and into the first week of August. We’re seeing tiny 2ft, 1.0ft, even 0.3ft swells, all with cross-onshore winds. The combined energy barely gets into double figures, often just a handful of points. It’s a real barren spell; there’s a solid gap of about ten days with nothing worth paddling out for.

The real standout, and the only one worth marking on your calendar, is the morning of Friday the 7th of August. We finally get a bit of life. The swell comes up to 4ft from the SW, and the combined energy hits 109 (moderate). The wind swings around to the NNW at 9 mph, giving us a clean, cross-off breeze. For Trearddur Bay, that’s a major positive. The water temperature is sitting at 62°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, which is a nice little bonus. The break is fairly exposed to the SW and the swell is right on that optimum direction. It’s an inconsistent spot, so you have to be patient, but when it works, it works. The crowd factor is “sometimes,” so you might have a few others with the same idea, but it shouldn’t be a scrap. The period is 6 seconds, so it’s a short-period wind swell, which won’t have the punch of a groundswell, but clean conditions make it rideable.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of August see the swell collapse back to 1ft and 1.0ft, with the wind turning onshore again. The 9th of August afternoon has a weird 0.3ft swell with a 12-second period, but that’s just a ghost with no energy to speak of.

So, to be brutally honest, if you’re a beginner, even the Friday morning might be a bit on the bigger side. For the rest of the window, it’s a kite-surfing setup for most of it, not a paddle surfer’s paradise. The morning of the 7th of August is your one shot, and it’s a long-range call, so keep an eye on the charts, but it’s the only real blip of hope in a very flat outlook.

Rusty.

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