Cabo Blanco Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, grab a coffee, 'cause I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch ahead for Cabo Blanco. We're looking at a solid 16-day window where, honestly, the surf is more of a tease than a treat. There are zero sessions that I'd point to as anything close to good. The first real chance of anything ridable doesn't even pop up until the 23rd of August, and even then, it's a bit of a letdown.

The overall pattern is a whole lotta nada. Small, weak, short-period slop from the southwest, combined with cross-shore winds that just chop everything to bits. The swell energy is almost always in the weak zone, well under 100 (like 56, 37, 54), which tells you there's just no grunt in the water. It’s flat or near-flat for days at a time. There are gaps of several days (like the 27th-28th, and the 4th-5th) where the wave height is literally a zero or a dash. That’s not typical for a point break like this, but it’s what we’ve got.

Let's walk through it day by day. The whole thing kicks off on Sunday, the 23rd of August. We see a tiny 4ft SW swell, but with a pathetic 4-second period and a fresh cross-shore wind. That's just bumpy, messy junk. No good.

Monday the 24th offers a glimmer with a morning window of a light cross-onshore breeze and a 1.0ft swell, but again, the period is a shocking 5 seconds. It’s basically non-existent. The afternoon is a repeat of Sunday.

Tuesday the 25th features a long-period 14-second NW groundswell in the morning at a mere 0.3ft, but the wind is a moderate cross-shore. It’s far too small to do anything with. The afternoon is more of the same chop at 4ft and 4 seconds.

The pattern just holds. Small, weak, and windy. Wednesday and Thursday are flat to tiny. By Friday the 28th, the morning is dead flat. We get a little bump on Saturday the 29th (3ft SW, 4 seconds), but it’s got a fresh cross-shore wind again. Not a single moment of clean, offshore wind in sight.

The only somewhat interesting moment comes way out on Sunday, the 6th of September. The morning has a light SSW cross-offshore breeze, a tiny 0.7ft swell from the WNW with an 11-second period, and the energy creeps up a bit to 26. It's "clean," but the swell is comically small. The 7th offers a little 1ft NW groundswell with 9-second period and a light cross-onshore, but it's just not enough.

Water temp is a stonking 74°F on the 23rd with a 9°F anomaly. That's *much warmer* than usual for the time of year, which is a really trippy detail, but it doesn't change the fact there's nothing to ride.

So, what's the call? There are no standouts. None. The best on offer might be that clean morning on Monday, the 7th of September, but 1ft is not a surf session. The best swell direction for Cabo Blanco is Northwest, and we get a few pulses of that, but they're all too anemic to bother with. For the next two weeks, point your car somewhere else or leave the boards in the rack. The forecasts can always change, but right now, it's a tough beat.

Rusty.

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