Ibiza - Cala Nova Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Ibiza – Cala Nova over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you: it’s a pretty grim run. We’re looking at a long stretch of next to nothing for quite a few days.

The first few days are a write-off. Thursday the 4th and Friday the 5th are flat, with just no energy in the water. You get a tiny blip on Sunday the 6th with a 0.3 ft SE swell, but that’s a short-period 4-second thing, not worth paddling for. Monday the 7th through to Tuesday the 9th see a slight bump, but it’s still tiny. We’re talking 1 ft to 2 ft at best, with a combined wave energy that barely scrapes into double figures at 52. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, so it will be choppy and messy. This isn’t surf, this is just a wet paddle.

Honestly, the whole period from now right through to around the 15th of September is looking like a proper flat spell. Even the brighter, glassy mornings on the 8th or the 11th are let down by simply having no swell to speak of. We see a bit of a pulse mid-week in the second week, like Wednesday the 16th, with 2 ft from the SE, but that’s still cross-on and weak. This setup is honestly looking more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, given the persistent cross-shore winds and small chop.

The water temperature is currently 82°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year.

Towards the very end of the run, things get a little interesting, but it’s a long way off. From the 17th of September onward, we start seeing some cleaner conditions with offshore and cross-off winds. By Saturday the 19th, we’ve got a glassy morning with a bit of a pulse: 2 ft from the SE at 5 seconds. It’s not gonna win any awards, and it’s still tiny, but it’s the cleanest we’ll see in the whole forecast. That Saturday afternoon looks even better with clean 2 ft surf and a cross-off breeze.

But for now, keep your board in the bag and the wax in the shade. This is a blank stretch, and for the Balearics in early September, those stretched-out calm spells happen.

Cala Nova (Ibiza, Spain) is a beginner-friendly beach and reef setup, and it really needs a proper swell from the SE to wake up. Right now, it’s asleep.

So to round it off: don’t get your hopes up until the 19th. That Saturday morning has a glimmer of something rideable in clean conditions, but it’s not going to be a day you tell your grandkids about.

Rusty.

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