Ano Nuevo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks at Ano Nuevo. I gotta be straight with you, it's a bit of a tough stretch for this spot. It's a sheltered beach and reef setup that's notoriously inconsistent, and we're really not seeing much to get excited about.

The water's sitting at 60°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's a small comfort.

We kick off on Thursday the 23rd, and honestly, it's a flat, choppy mess. The swell is a weak 3 ft from the SSW with a short period, but the real killer is that cross-shore wind. It's blowing a fresh 19 mph from the NW, just tearing the surface apart. The combined wave energy is a moderate 406, but it does you no good when it's all lumpy cross-chop. This pattern of poor surf and cross-shore winds just locks in. Friday the 24th through to the end of the month, every day is the same story: small, weak SSW swell, maybe 2 ft to 4 ft, and a relentless NW wind ruining any chance of a clean wave. The energy slowly builds, hitting 1451 by the 29th, but it's all wind-slop. It's a total write-off.

Then we get a shift. On the morning of Thursday the 30th, the swell direction swings around to the WNW and bumps up to 6 ft. The wind eases off to a gentle 9 mph from the WNW, which is cross-shore, but the period is a short, weak 9 seconds. The energy is a strong 1257, but the quality is still just marginal. It's a bit of a tease, more of a choppy, lumpy mess than anything you'd want to paddle out for. The cross-shore wind returns in the afternoon, and it's back to the same old story.

After that, we're looking at a long, dreary stretch. Friday the 31st of July, through to the end of the outlook on the 7th of August, it's a wasteland. The swell drops right back to 3 ft on the 31st, and we spend the next week with onshore and cross-onshore winds from the south and west, mixing up a tiny, weak, and often choppy sea. The combined energy readings are mostly in the low to mid hundreds, with a few dipping below 300, which is just weak. There's a slightly bigger bump on the morning of the 2nd of August, with a 7 ft WNW swell and a gentle breeze, but the period is still short and the winds are cross-shore, leaving it as a marginal, lumpy prospect. The whole setup is so poor and the consistency so bad that it's more of a kite-surfing proposition than a paddle-surfing one.

Honestly, there's not a single standout session in this 16-day window. The forecast can change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long, but right now, I'd say keep the board in the car.

Rusty.

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