Campeche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Campeche.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next week or so is looking pretty flat and uninspiring. We’ve got a solid stretch of tiny, weak, poor surf conditions from now through to the end of July and into early August. The combined energy of all swells is barely registering, often sitting below 70 (weak energy), and the wave heights are a measly 1 ft to 1 ft. It’s a tough time to be a paddle surfer around here. You’re looking at a gap of about 7 days before anything even remotely rideable shows up.

Things start to perk up a little on the 4th of August. We get a jump in the swell to 3 ft from the SE, with a 12-second period. The morning of the 4th is the pick of that day, with a light NNW cross-offshore wind that will keep the surface clean. The combined energy here jumps to 224 (moderate energy), but it’s not magic. The afternoon gets messy with a cross-onshore.

The 5th of August is pretty interesting. We’ve got 2 ft of SE swell with a 10-second period, and the morning is glassy – dead calm, zero wind. That’s a major positive for clean surf, even if the waves aren’t big. The combined energy sits at 102 (moderate energy). It’s surfable, but still ordinary.

The best window of the whole 16 days looks like the 10th of August. Monday morning we’ve got 2 ft of SSE swell, a 12-second period, and importantly, a light offshore wind from the NNW in the afternoon. The morning is glassy too. The combined energy reaches 144 (moderate energy). This is the standout. Campeche is a sandbar, fairly exposed to the S swell, and with a 12-second groundswell it could shape up okay. The offshore wind is a major plus for clean faces. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

For the rest of the second week, it’s a mixed bag of small, poor conditions, with onshore winds ruining the fun. The 8th of August has that 3 ft swell but it’s a short period of 6 seconds, which is not great for shaping, and the energy is weak (97). The 9th of August gets a bigger lump of energy (349) with 3 ft S swell, but a fresh cross-onshore wind makes it choppy and lumpy – that’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddle surf one.

Overall, hold out for the 10th of August. That’s your best bet for a decent session with clean conditions. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty out.

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