Ano Nuevo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a long, hard look at what we've got coming up for the next couple of weeks at Ano Nuevo. Honestly, it’s a pretty grim picture for the whole 16-day window, so don’t be getting your hopes up for any hero sessions.

The main problem is that nearly every single day is getting hammered by a moderate to fresh cross-shore or cross-onshore wind. The swell is a mixed bag of small, weak waves, and the surf quality is consistently rated as poor or marginal. The water temp is sitting around 61°, which is pretty much what you'd expect for this time of year.

Looking at the first week, starting Sunday the 13th, it’s a no-go. We’ve got a tiny 2 ft SSW groundswell, with a long period of 13 seconds, but it’s totally trashed by a 16 mph NW cross-wind. The combined energy is weak, sitting at 207. It’s just a mess.

Monday the 14th shows a bit of a bump in size, with the swell jumping to 5 ft from the WNW, but the period drops to a short 9 seconds. The wind is still a problem, and the energy, while moderate at 426, can’t overcome the chop. Tuesday the 15th through Sunday the 21st is pretty much the same story. The swell bounces between 2 ft and 5 ft, but the wind never lets up. We get a few mornings with a lighter breeze, like on Wednesday the 16th and again on Monday the 21st, but the “marginal” ratings tell you it’s still a gamble.

Moving into the second week, from the 22nd, we start to see the wind shift more onshore from the south and southwest. The swell stays small, around 2 ft to 3 ft, with periods that are all over the place. The combined energy numbers get a little higher, into the 500s, but with onshore wind and poor surf conditions flagged, it’s not a trade-off worth making.

Honestly, there’s not a single standout session in the entire 16-day run. The only real “marginal” windows are a few mornings with lighter wind, but the swell is so small and the conditions are so iffy that it’s not worth paddling out for. The best you could hope for is a quick, frustrating session on the Monday 21st morning, when a 3 ft SSW groundswell with a 17-second period (very long!) meets a light cross-shore wind. The energy is moderate at 489, but that long period will make the sets very inconsistent, and it’s likely to just close out. This is a place that needs a proper window of clean, offshore conditions to work, and we just aren't getting it.

Because the wind is so consistently bad and the surf quality is poor, if you have a kite, this whole stretch looks a lot more interesting for a session than it does for a paddle surfer.

Rusty, signing off.

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