Cabo Lastres Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. We're looking at a solid 16 days, but the surf is pretty much a no-show for the vast majority of it. There’s a big fat gap of nothing real from now until the tail end of the period.

The only break on the radar, and it's a long shot, is Cabo Lastres (Asturias). It's a consistent point break that needs a decent NW swell and the right wind to fire. Thing is, it's an expert-only wave, and we don't get the right combo for a long, long time. The water temp is currently about 70°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

For the first week and a half, it's just flat or junk. We get a few pulses of tiny, weak swell from the 1st right through the 15th, but the wave heights barely crack 3 ft, and the swell energy is pathetic. The wind is all over the place, but mostly cross or onshore, so the surf is either non-existent or completely blown out. There's a moment on the morning of the 6th where we see a tiny bump of 3 ft NW swell, glassy wind, but it's still a "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" situation. Not worth paddling out for.

The one and only highlight, and I mean the *only* one, pops up right at the end. On the morning of Sunday, 16th August, we get a pulse of 4 ft swell from the N, with clean, glassy conditions. The window is tight, the swell is small, but the energy bumps up. The wind is calm, so it'll be as clean as it gets for this stretch. It's still not a big-wave day, but it's the only session that looks even remotely worth a look. That said, the onshore winds kick in by the afternoon, so you'd want to be on it early.

For the rest of the time, this is a long, blank run. It's a quiet spell, but in this area, that's not totally abnormal. Keep an eye on the forecasts, because it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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