Whistling Sands (Porth Oer) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Whistling Sands (Porth Oer). It’s a tough outlook, to be honest. The water temp is about normal for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

We kick off on Friday, 24th July, with nothing doing. Swell is a measly 0.3 ft out of the SW, with a long 13-second period, but the combined energy is a weak 7. The afternoon goes glassy, but there’s still no wave to ride.

Saturday the 25th picks up a little, with 2 ft to 3 ft of swell, but it’s a short 4 to 5 second windswell. The wind is honking from the WSW at 19 mph, making it a lumpy, cross-onshore mess. Not worth paddling out. Sunday the 26th is similar: 3 ft to 4 ft, onshore, and lumpy, with energy up to 95 (moderate).

Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th offer cleaner conditions with cross-offshore winds, but the swell is tiny – 1.0 ft to 3 ft. The combined energy stays weak, under 30. The period is a short 3 to 5 seconds. Clean, but empty.

The rest of July and into early August is a rinse and repeat of small, often messy surf. Wednesday the 30th has a gentle offshore breeze, but the swell is only 1 ft with a combined energy of 6 (weak). The 31st of July sees a 12-second period, but the swell is just 0.7 ft, so the long-period energy (27) is wasted.

The first real sign of life is Saturday, 1st August. We get 3 ft of swell out of the SW with a 9-second period, and the combined energy hits 141 (moderate). The winds are messy in the morning, but the afternoon turns clean with a cross-offshore breeze. It’s the best of a bad bunch.

Sunday, 2nd August, brings the biggest swell: 6 ft in the morning, jumping to 7 ft in the afternoon. It’s from the SW with a short 7-second period. The combined energy is strong: 301 in the morning, 479 in the afternoon. That’s a lot of water, but the wind is a lumpy cross-shore at 22 mph. For a beginner beach, this is too big and messy. Kite surfers would have a field day, but for paddle surfing, it’s a no-go.

Monday, 3rd August, still has some size at 5 ft to 6 ft, but the period is short (7-8 seconds). The wind finally drops, and the afternoon sees a clean cross-offshore breeze. The combined energy is still high (237). It’s the most promising window, but it’s a week away and the short period on a sheltered spot leaves a lot to be desired.

After that, it fades back to small and mediocre for the rest of the second week. No real standouts at all.

The best you can hope for is the afternoon of Saturday, 1st August, for the cleanest conditions on a small wave, or the afternoon of Monday, 3rd August, if you want a bit more size and can handle the shorter period. The rest of the 16 days is a bust. A blank run like this is just part of the deal here sometimes.

Rusty.

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