Ajo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here with the Imperial version. Let's get real about this forecast. This stretch is mostly a big let down with a long dry spell before anything remotely interesting shows up, and even then, there's a problem.

The only break we're looking at is Ajo. It's an exposed, beginner-friendly spot that breaks very consistently. The water temp is 22°, which is running *much warmer than normal* for this time of year – a 3° anomaly, so yeah, that's unusual.

First things first: nothing doing from Sunday the 12th all the way through Wednesday the 22nd. That's nearly two weeks of tiny, weak swell. Heights stay under 3 ft, energy is low (mostly below 100), and most winds are cross-on or onshore. There are a couple glassy mornings, like the 12th and 17th, but the swell is so weak it's not worth the time.

Now, on Thursday the 23rd, the ocean finally wakes up. We get a NW swell running 7 ft with an 8-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 519 and 579. That's real deal size, but here's the bad news – that's too big for a beginner spot like Ajo. It's expert territory only. Winds are light, so the surface will be clean, but unless you're a charger, stay on the beach.

Friday the 24th drops to around 5 ft but winds pick up to 20+ km/h and it's messy. Saturday the 25th sees the swell drop to 3 ft. The morning looks glassy, which would be your best shot at a clean session for mere mortals after that big pulse, but it's still small.

From the 26th onward, it's back to tiny, weak swell (under 3 ft) with cross-shore winds.

So, to cut it short: a big, lonely gap of flatness, one day of solid swell on the 23rd that's only for experts, and a tiny window of clean small waves on the morning of the 25th. Not much to get fired up about.

Rusty.

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