Trearddur Bay (Holy Island) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, taking a long hard look at the whole picture for Trearddur Bay (Holy Island).

To be straight with you, it's a tough stretch ahead. The combined wave energy is flat-out weak, barely scraping into double digits at the best of times, so we're looking at a classic summer lull. The forecast is basically a long run of poor surf conditions right across the board, with no real standout sessions to get excited about.

We start off on Wednesday the 29th with a sloppy, lumpy mess. That 3 ft swell from the SSW has a terrible 4-second period, meaning it's just wind chop, and with a strong 30 km/h cross-on wind, it's not worth paddling out. The water is a touch warmer than average for the time of year, but that's the only pleasant note.

The next morning, Thursday the 30th, the swell drops to 2 ft, still with a short period, and the wind goes cross-shore. By the afternoon the wind goes glassy, but the swell drops to a tiny 1 ft. That afternoon might look nice and smooth on the surface, but there's simply no push in the water to surf on.

Friday the 31st through the end of the first week is more of the same: onshore winds and tiny swells under 2 ft. Even when we get a clean offshore breeze on the 2nd of August and the 3rd, the swell is a non-existent 0.3 ft, so you'll be sitting on a flat, glassy pond.

We hit the second week, and the pattern remains stubbornly flat. There are pockets of clean conditions, like the morning of August 7th with a light offshore breeze, but with waves still at 0.3 ft and a long period (12 seconds) that would suit a reef or point anyway, there's just nothing to ride here. The afternoon of August 8th goes dead flat and glassy with another 0.7 ft of nothing.

Even heading further out, the 9th of August brings a slight bump in energy, with a 1 ft SSW swell and an 8-second period, but the cross-shore wind won't help it shape up.

Honestly, looking at the full 16-day window, there are zero recommendations. For a spot that's fairly exposed, this kind of dry spell is part and parcel of summer. It’s a waiting game until something bigger pushes in from the SW. For now, the best bet is a longboard and a whole lot of patience – or just wait for the forecasts to change, because they usually do.

- Rusty

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