Ajo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, ol' Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – the cupboard is looking pretty bare for the next couple of weeks. We've only got the one spot, Ajo, and it's a beginner-friendly, very consistent break that's exposed to the swell. The water is running a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 23°.

Right now, we're looking at a long stretch of nothing much. From Tuesday the 4th of August all the way through to the end of the first week of August, the waves are just too small and weak to bother with. The combined swell energy is barely registering, often below 100 (35), and we're seeing a lot of poor surf conditions with onshore and cross-shore breezes messing things up. It's a real quiet spell.

The first time we see anything half-decent is on Friday the 7th of August. In the morning, we get a glassy window with a tiny 2-foot swell from the NNW, with a period of 7 seconds. The energy is still weak (43), but the glassy wind means it's clean. Saturday morning the 8th is similar – glassy again, 3 feet from the N, period of 6 seconds, energy at 42. These are the best of a bad bunch, but they're really just small, weak waves for a beginner to paddle around on. The wind is perfect, though.

After that, it's back to nothing for days. We get a bit of a bump in energy around Tuesday the 11th of August with a 3-foot swell from the NNW, period 10 seconds, and energy hitting 193, but the wind is cross-on and it's described as poor surf. The same story repeats.

The next real standout doesn't come until far down the line, Tuesday the 18th of August. The morning shows a 5-foot swell from the NW, with a period of 11 seconds and combined energy jumping to 463 – that's moderate wave energy. The wind is a light cross-on, but the forecast is only "marginal." It's a bit of a tease, but it's the most energy we'll see. For a beginner, 5 feet might be pushing the upper limit of comfortable, but it's the only real pulse of swell in the whole outlook.

So, truth is, if you're looking for a proper surf, you're gonna be waiting a long time. The standout is that Tuesday the 18th of August morning session at Ajo, with the most size and energy, but you'll have to take the cross-on wind with it. The glassy mornings on the 7th and 8th are the only clean windows, but the waves are tiny. For the rest of it, the conditions are so poor that this setup might actually be more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, given the consistent cross and onshore winds.

Keep your eye on that Tuesday the 18th, but don't get your hopes up too high.

Rusty

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