Andicuri Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for us over the next couple of weeks. The short story is, it’s a bit of a rough patch for my main man Andicuri (Andicuri). Truth is, the first recommendation for decent surf doesn’t pop up until the end of the period, so we’re staring down a long gap of about two weeks with nothing worth getting the wetsuit for.

The overall pattern is a persistent, punchy easterly wind that’s just going to tear things up. For the entire run up to mid-September, we’ve got a mix of fresh cross-shore and strong cross-onshore breezes – 19 to 28 mph stuff – that’ll leave the surface all lumpy and messy. There’s swell, sure. We go from around 3 ft to 8 ft, but it’s all short-period windswell of 6 to 8 seconds, and that cross-to-onshore wind is just going to make it a battle. The combined swell energy is all over the shop, from weak (80) up to strong (744), but with that wind, it doesn’t matter one bit – the quality is shot.

For the first week, that's from September 3rd right through to the 9th, I wouldn't bother. The swell height is there but the quality rating is a flat zero across the board. You’re looking at “poor surf conditions” every single session. Come September 10th, we start to see slightly more consistent 7 ft to 8 ft swell with periods stretching to 8 seconds, and the combined swell energy climbs well into the strong zone (up to 687 and 744). But again, the wind stays brutal – strong cross-shore and cross-onshore. It's surfable if you're keen for a battle, but it's not a highlight; it's a workout.

The only potential standout, and I say potential carefully, is the very end of the run. On Friday, September 18th, the morning shows a 7 ft swell from the E at 7 seconds with strong combined energy (468). Still a cross-shore wind from the ESE at 25 mph though, so it’ll be messy. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but I wouldn’t call it a standout in any positive sense. We are talking about a break that is very consistent, exposed to the swell, and the optimum direction is from the N, yet we’re only seeing E and ENE swell here, so it's off-angle. That just makes it worse.

Bottom line: this isn’t a paddler’s paradise for the next two weeks. The consistent wind and direction are a total write-off for clean, lined-up waves. For the first week especially, pack the kite, not the shortboard. Cheers, Rusty.

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