Cala De Meron Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, lookin’ at the next couple weeks for Cala De Meron. I gotta be straight with ya – it’s a pretty flat and quiet run. Don’t get your hopes up too high, `cause this spot is mostly a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent little cove, and the swell just ain’t got the legs for anything exciting. We’re lookin’ at a solid stretch of small, weak surf with only a couple of windows that might be worth a paddle.

First up, we’ve got a couple of days right at the start that are proper dead. Wednesday the 29th is a write-off – tiny 2ft NW swell at 9 seconds, cross-onshore wind, and the wave energy is a measly 97 (weak). The whole thing’s a mess. Thursday morning the 30th is the first real glimmer. The swell bumps up to 2ft from the NW, still 9 seconds, but the wind goes glassy, dead calm. The energy’s only 80 (weak), and the surf’s described as “surfable but very ordinary.” For a beginner, that’s a session, but it’s nothin’ to write home about.

Friday the 31st starts glassy again but the swell drops to 2ft, energy down to 34 – it’s a knee-slapper. Saturday the 1st of August sees a shift to a 3ft N swell, but the period is a short, crumbly 5 seconds, with cross-shore wind. The energy’s 70 (weak) and it’s choppy. Not worth it. Sunday the 2nd morning is glassy with a 2ft N swell, but the period is still short (5 seconds) and the energy is 43 (weak). It’s clean but gutless.

We then hit a real dry spell. From Monday the 3rd through to Sunday the 9th, it’s all tiny – 1ft to 2ft – with mixed wind and energy readings that barely crack 60. There’s a glassy morning on Tuesday the 4th (1ft WNW, 7 seconds, energy 41), and another glassy one on Friday the 7th (3ft NNW, 6 seconds, energy 67). That Friday morning is the standout for the whole outlook, but even then, it’s just “surfable but very ordinary” with a weak energy reading. The wind is calm, so it’ll be clean, but the swell’s too small and short-period to really push.

After that, the weekend of the 10th-11th is a write-off – stronger onshore winds, choppy, swell under 2ft. Then we get a little spike around Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th. The swell picks up to 3ft–4ft from the NW with an 8–9 second period. The energy finally climbs into moderate territory: 116 on Wednesday morning, 149 Wednesday afternoon, and 153 Thursday morning. That’s the most energy we’ve seen all forecast. Problem is, the wind is cross-shore and the conditions are described as poor. The surf quality is still “poor surf conditions” despite the bump in size. It’s a tease – more water moving but wind-ruined on the surface. For a beginner, 4ft is borderline too big, and with cross-chop, it’s a tough paddle.

So what’s the best on offer? It’s a toss-up between the glassy Thursday morning the 30th of July, with its 2ft NW swell, and the glassy Friday morning the 7th of August, with a 3ft NNW swell. If I had to pick one, I’d say Friday the 7th morning. The swell is a touch bigger, it’s clean as glass, and the crowd factor is “sometimes” – so you might have it to yourself. The break is exposed to the swell, and the optimum direction is NNW, which is exactly what we’ve got. It’s small, but it’s the cleanest, most aligned window of the whole run. Thursday the 30th is a close second, also glassy with a more user-friendly size for a beginner. For the rest of it, expect a lot of flat, weak, or choppy days. It’s one of those periods where you check the forecast, sigh, and go for a paddle on the SUP.

Rusty out.

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