Alfagar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next 16 days are a real struggle for this part of the world. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The outlook is grim, but I’ll walk you through it.

The water is sitting at 67°F which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, a couple of degrees off the mark, so you’ll want a decent spring suit.

We kick off on Friday, 7th August, and honestly, there’s nothing doing. The swell is a tiny 1 ft from the WNW with a short period of 9 seconds. The energy is weak (32). The morning winds are offshore from the NNW at 12 mph, which keeps things clean, but there’s just no wave to ride. The afternoon shifts to a light cross-shore, same tiny swell. It’s a washout.

This pattern just repeats day after day. Saturday and Sunday see the same 1 ft to 2 ft of WNW swell. The mornings are clean with offshore winds, but the wave energy is in the gutter (30-36). Afternoons get chopped up by a moderate cross-shore. No go.

The first real glimmer, if you can call it that, shows up on Wednesday morning, 12th August. We get a 2 ft swell from the west, period at 10 seconds. The energy is still weak at 60, but the wind is light offshore from the north at 6 mph. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. A wave for the longboard if you’re desperate.

Then Thursday morning, 13th August, is probably the best we’re going to see in the whole run. The swell is 3 ft from the WNW, period 9 seconds, and the energy climbs to a moderate 103. The wind goes glassy – dead calm from the northeast. It’s clean as a whistle. Still small, but for a few hours, it’s the standout. The afternoon gets ruined by a cross-onshore wind.

The rest of the first week is more of the same: tiny waves, poor conditions. Saturday morning, 15th August, goes glassy again with 2 ft from the west, but it’s just too small to get excited about.

Moving into the second week, there’s a very long gap with almost nothing. A few mornings with light offshore winds but the swell is pathetic, mostly 1.0 ft to 2 ft with weak energy. The only thing worth noting is Thursday morning, 20th August. The swell picks up to 3 ft from the NW at a short period of 7 seconds, but the wind is a solid offshore from the NNW at 12 mph. It’s clean, but the energy is still only moderate (89). The afternoon sees a bigger, lumpy 4 ft from the NW (144 energy), but it’s cross-offshore and not clean.

Finally, Saturday morning, 22nd August, has a similar story – 3 ft from the WNW, offshore wind, clean, but the energy is just moderate (116). The afternoon pushes to 5 ft from the NW, but the period is a short 8 seconds, and the wind is cross-offshore, making it a messy, lumpy close-out. That’s too big for beginners and poor quality for the rest of us.

Honestly, this is a blank run. If you are absolutely itching to get wet, your best bet is the glassy morning of Thursday, 13th August, or the clean offshore morning of Saturday, 22nd August. Even then, keep your expectations on the floor. The setup is so weak and small, it looks more interesting for a kite or a foil than a paddle surf.

Rusty.

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