Surf Forecasts:
Barceloneta surf forecast from 1 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 8AM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period, SSW swell with 3 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Barceloneta this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Barceloneta in the next 16 days are 0.3m 4s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Sep 06) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) 4s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Barceloneta over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, it's Rusty here, and I've got the skinny on what's happening around Barcelona. Let me be straight with you: it's a rough patch ahead. The forecast is looking pretty bleak for the next couple of weeks, with no real surf to get excited about.
Right now, we're looking at a long stretch of flatness. From today, right through to the middle of next week, there's just nothing on the table. The water's sitting at a warm 80°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, but that's the only thing that's got any heat. The swell energy is barely registering, with a combined energy of just 1 (that's about as weak as it gets), and it's coming from the NE with a tiny period of 4 seconds. That's a windswell, not a groundswell, and with the wind glassing off from the WNW, it's clean but there's simply no wave.
We're looking at a gap of over a week with no real surf. The morning of Wednesday the 4th and Thursday the 5th are glassy, but there's zero swell. This is a classic blank run for this area. It's not unusual.
Things start to look a little less hopeless around the weekend of the 12th and 13th of September. The best of a bad bunch will be on the morning of Sunday the 13th. We'll see a tiny 2 ft swell from the ENE, with a period of 6 seconds, creating a combined energy of 51. The wind is offshore from the West, making it clean. But let's be real, it's still small, weak, and the period is short. It's surfable, but only just. For the absolute beginner, this might be a goer, but anyone else is going to be frustrated.
The rest of the window is a total write-off. The swell stays tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-shore, and the comments say it all: "poor surf conditions" for the entire 16 days. There's no standout here, no hidden gem, just a whole lot of waiting. The combined energy stays in the single digits for most of the time, which is about as weak as it gets.
Keep your board waxed and your eyes on the forecast, because it tends not to stay this poor for long. But for now, I'd say it's time to find something else to do.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | SSE 3 | SSE 3 | — | S 6 | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 2 | WSW 2 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 |
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 kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:00PM0.15m | 11:57PM0.15m | 12:57PM0.15m | 00:27AM0.14m | 2:06PM0.15m | 1:02AM0.12m | 3:37PM0.16m | 1:52AM0.10m | 5:07PM0.17m | 6:22PM0.19m | 5:37AM0.09m | 7:19PM0.20m | |||||||||
Low Tide | 5:53PM0.06m | 6:24AM0.04m | 6:54PM0.07m | 7:00AM0.04m | 8:19PM0.09m | 7:47AM0.04m | 10:39PM0.09m | 8:53AM0.04m | 1:00AM0.09m | 10:15AM0.04m | 1:58AM0.07m | 11:32AM0.03m | 2:32AM0.06m | ||||||||
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 | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — |
 | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:17 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSE 3 | — | — | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | — | — | — | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 2 | WSW 2 | SW 3 | — | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 4 |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 386 | 414 | 386 | 386 | 561 | 386 | 711 | 639 | 386 | 386 | 561 | 394 | 386 | 461 | 386 | 386 | 386 | 386 | 394 | 394 | 388 |
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