Aiguaoliva Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and listen up, because I’ve been staring at the charts for this stretch and, well, it’s a bit of a flat spell for the most part. We’re looking at Aiguaoliva, and this reef setup isn’t exactly firing. The water is sitting right around the seasonal average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The next 16 days start with a whole lot of nothing. Seriously, from Thursday the 27th of August all the way through most of the first week of September, we’re talking tiny, weak waves. The best you’ll see is maybe 1ft of swell, but it’s mostly short-period, gutless stuff. The combined energy barely cracks double digits, often sitting at 6 or less. There’s a few mornings with glassy or light cross-off winds (like Sunday the 30th morning with a glassy 1ft, and Tuesday the 1st of September morning with a glassy 1ft), but the waves are just too small and weak to get excited about. It’s honestly more of a paddle-around-and-soak-up-the-sun kind of period.

Then we hit a bit of a dry gap. From the 5th of September through the 8th, it’s pretty much flat, with zero energy showing on the charts. That’s a few days of nothing.

Things start to tickle a little life around Wednesday the 9th of September. We get a pulse of 3ft swell from the SSE, and the combined energy jumps to 70. That’s still weak, and the wind is a cross-shore breeze, so it’s not going to be pretty. But it’s the first sign of something.

Finally, the pick of the whole outlook lands on Thursday the 10th of September morning. We get a 3ft swell from the east, with a period of 6 seconds, and the combined energy hits 42. It’s still not big, but here’s the thing: the wind is a light cross-offshore breeze from the north at 6 mph, which will keep the surface clean. The guidance says Aiguaoliva is a reef break that works best with an ENE swell, so this is close to the money. It’s a rare break and rarely breaks, so catching it with a clean window is a real treat. The waves will be surfable, though very ordinary – but for this stretch, it’s the standout. After that, it fades back to tiny 0.7ft and glassy conditions on the Friday morning, but the swell is already gone.

So, if you’re desperate, pencil in the morning of Thursday the 10th of September. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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