Adraga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Adraga.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, we’re looking at a pretty tough stretch of surf. There’s a lot of energy moving through, but the wind is just going to be a constant pain in the arse, especially for a setup like this that’s exposed. We got a lot of north in the wind, which is going to put a chop on just about everything we see, and that’s going to make it hard to find anything clean.

There’s a small window to start on Saturday morning. The sea glassed right off, with a light 3ft swell rolling in from the WNW at 9 seconds. It’s weak energy, only 121, but it’s the cleanest it’s going to be for a while. You’ll get a few fun ones if you’re frothing, but it’s not going to be anything to write home about.

After that, the wind kicks up from the north and it’s mostly cross-onshore junk. The swell fills in a bit, and on Sunday we get a better pulse of 4ft from the NW with a 12-second period, and the energy jumps up to a solid 517. That’s got some push to it. But the 12-18 mph north wind is just going to murder the surface. It’s going to be lumpy and messy. This is more of a kite-surfing kind of day. You’d be fighting the paddle for nothing.

It stays like that through the start of the next week. The swell stays in the 4ft to 5ft range with moderate to fresh north winds. The energy gets even stronger – we’re seeing values over 700, like on Monday morning and again on the 10th. But again, it’s all cross-onshore and choppy. The wave quality is just poor. Too much wind, on-shore, and it’s breaking all over the place.

The wind backs off a touch on Friday the 11th, but the swell drops with it, and it’s still cross-on with a shorter period.

There is one interesting blip in there. On the 15th, a new longer-period swell shows up. We’re talking 4ft from the NW, but it’s got a 15-16 second period, and the energy values are massive – 644 and 784. That’s real groundswell. The problem is, the wind is howling from the north at 28 mph that afternoon. It’s just going to be a complete washing machine. If that wind had been offshore, it would have been a day to remember, but as it is, it’s just another day to give the ocean a miss unless you’re a kite surfer.

The whole second week is mostly this same story – fresh northerly winds and increasingly poor surf. By the 17th, the swell is dropping off.

Finally, as we get to the 18th and the morning of the 19th, there are a couple of flickers of hope. On the 18th, we get a clean, light ENE cross-off wind with 2ft of WNW swell. It’s small, but the surface is clean. Then on the 19th, it goes glassy early with a slight 2ft swell. You might get a few little lefts if you’re lucky, but it’s tiny.

So, overall, the standout moment is that glassy Saturday morning, and perhaps the clean but small sessions on the 18th and 19th. Everything else is just battling the wind. It’s a long, disappointing run. The water temp is 68°F, which is just about average for this time of year, so that’s not a problem, at least.

Keep an eye on it. It tends not to stay this bad for long and forecasts can change, but for now, don’t get your hopes up too much.

Rusty.

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