Cala De Meron Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming.

Honestly, the next fortnight is a real struggle for surf around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, messy conditions with nothing to get excited about for most of the first week. The first few days are a write-off: Thursday through Sunday are all showing poor surf, with cross or cross-onshore breezes and tiny, short-period windswell that’s just not worth paddling out for. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting between 63 and 118, and the wave heights barely scrape 4ft on the afternoon of the 24th, but it’s messy and choppy.

A bit of a shift comes Monday the 27th. The morning shows a glimmer with a 3ft swell from the north, period bumping up to 10 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 378 – that’s moderate energy, the most we’ll see in the whole run. The wind is light cross-shore from the east-northeast, so it’s not clean, but it’s a lot more promising than anything before. The swell direction is north, which is a decent angle for Cala De Meron, but it’s still described as marginal. Tuesday the 28th morning has a similar feel with 3ft from the north-northwest and a 10-second period, energy at 215, but again cross-onshore wind keeps it from being a standout.

After that, it fades back into the doldrums. From the 29th through to the 2nd of August, we’re back to tiny waves under 2ft, weak energy mostly under 100, and persistent cross-onshore or onshore winds. The 1st of August Saturday morning is glassy, but the swell is only 1ft – not enough to do anything with. The 2nd of August Sunday morning is also glassy with 2ft, but it’s just too small to call it a session.

The one bright spot, if you can call it that, is the 5th of August Wednesday morning. The swell is only 2ft, but the period hits 11 seconds – that’s proper groundswell, and it’s glassy, with no wind from the north-west. The combined energy is weak at 71, but if you’re on a longboard and hungry, that might be the cleanest, most workable wave in the whole outlook. The 6th of August Thursday morning is also glassy with 2ft and a 10-second period.

Truth is, there’s no true standout here. The best of a bad bunch is the morning of Monday the 27th, where the energy is highest and the swell has some length to it, but the wind isn’t kind. If you’re a beginner, nothing gets over 5ft, so you’re safe from anything too big, but the quality just isn’t there. For a more experienced surfer, there’s nothing to get the heart pumping. This is a persistent blank run, and it’s not unusual for the area – when it’s flat, it’s flat.

Rusty.

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