Cabo Blanco Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Cabo Blanco over the next couple of weeks.

Gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The outlook for Cabo Blanco is a long, dry spell. We’re looking at essentially 16 days of very marginal to non-existent surf. The first real recommendation doesn’t pop up until late in the period, so we’ve got a big gap of quiet days to get through.

From Saturday July 25th all the way through to early August, it’s a ghost town. The swell heights are tiny – mostly 0.3ft to 1.0ft – and the wind is almost always a cross or cross-onshore breeze, which just messes up what little bump there is. The combined swell energy is barely registering, with values like 0 to 75 (weak energy). It’s the kind of window where you’re better off waxing the longboard for a flat-water paddle, cause there’s nothing to ride.

The first real glimmer, and the only standout on offer, comes on Friday, August 7th. In the morning, we get a rare treat: a glassy surface with the wind going light and variable WSW. The swell is still only 0.7ft from the WSW with a period of 12 seconds, but that glassy wind is a major positive. It’ll be clean, even if it’s small. The combined energy is only 14 (weak energy), but for a point break like Cabo Blanco, that long-period groundswell can wrap in and produce a few fun little lines. It won’t be for beginners – the crowd profile here is 'often' busy, so expect some company for those few waves. This is your best bet, but it’s a promise of clean conditions, not power.

The afternoon of the 7th gets messy again with a cross-shore breeze, and the following days drop right back to nothing.

So, to sum it up: the entire 16-day window is a dud except for that one glassy morning on August 7th. It’s a real shame, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. The forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but for now, don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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