Cala De Meron Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you—this 16-day window for Cala De Meron is a tough one to read. The overall pattern is messy, with a lot of short-period, cross-onshore junk that’s going to leave the surface blown out and choppy. There’s a real drought of quality surf for the first week, with day after day of “poor surf conditions” and scores that just aren’t worth paddling out for. The swell energy is generally weak (values like 44 to 201 combined energy), and the period is short, mostly 6-7 seconds, which means weak, gutless waves.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on the morning of Thursday, 23 July. We finally get a glassy morning—NNW 5 km/h wind, dead calm—and the swell drops to 3 ft from the NNE with a 6-second period. The combined energy is only 78, so it’s weak, but the glassy conditions make it surfable, just very ordinary. The water temp is a notable 72°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so you can leave the thick wetsuit at home. This is the only window in the first week with any real chance of a clean wave.

Then we hit a big gap. From Thursday afternoon through to the morning of Sunday, 26 July, it’s back to poor conditions—cross-onshore breezes, choppy surfaces, and minimal swell. That’s about three days of nothing worth chasing.

The standout, and the best on offer in the whole 16 days, lands on the morning of Monday, 27 July. This is the one. The swell jumps to 4 ft from the NW, with a period of 10 seconds—a proper groundswell with good energy (combined energy 489). The wind is glassy, NNW 5 km/h, which means clean, smooth faces. The water is still warm and the break is exposed to the NNW swell, which is the optimum direction. For a beginner-friendly spot like Cala De Meron, this is a rare treat—just be aware that with a 10-second period, the sets will have longer gaps, but the shape should be much better than the short-period slop we’ve been dealing with. The morning of Sunday, 26 July, also shows clean conditions with a 5 ft W-NW swell and 6-second period, but the energy is moderate (296) and the wind is a gentle cross-offshore, making it clean but not as quality as Monday.

After that, the second week fades fast. Tuesday, 28 July morning has a tiny 3 ft NW swell with glassy wind, but it’s weak (137 energy) and ordinary. The rest of the week is a mix of cross-onshore winds, choppy surfaces, and weak swell—nothing to get excited about. The final few days into early August show tiny swell (2 ft – 3 ft) and persistent cross or cross-onshore winds, with energy dropping below 100. Not worth a paddle.

If you’re after a wave, point your board at Monday, 27 July morning. That’s the call. The rest of the window is a write-off.

Rusty.

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