Campeche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and we’re looking at the next 16 days for Campeche. To be straight up with you, this isn't one of those windows where you gotta call in sick. The overall pattern looks pretty flat and underwhelming, especially for this sandbar set-up. There’s a real dry spell in the middle.

The first bit of hope comes on Thursday the 17th. Thursday morning is the first time we see anything surfable, with the swell at about 3 ft from the SSE, and the wind is dead calm – glassy. That’s a proper score for clean waves. The combined swell energy is moderate at best (133), but with zero wind, it’s gonna look a lot better than the numbers suggest. This is the best on offer for the whole first week. Thursday afternoon gets a bit messier with the wind.

Friday the 18th morning is worth a look too, with a clean, 2 ft SSE swell and a light cross-offshore breeze. It’s small but clean. Friday afternoon actually picks up a bit of energy (140) with a 4 ft swell from the ENE, and it goes glassy again, which is nice, but that ENE wind swell has a short period (6 seconds), meaning it’ll be mushy and weak.

Then we hit a massive gap. From Saturday the 19th all the way through the start of the following week, the swell completely dies. We’re talking less than 1 ft surf. The water will be like a lake for about 5 or 6 days. Not worth paddling for.

The next glimmer is on Wednesday the 23rd. The swell bumps up to 4 ft from the SSE, and the energy is solid (215), but the wind is cross-onshore and strong – especially in the afternoon with 19 mph winds and a lumpy 5 ft wave. That’s blown-out and messy. This looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The only other notable day is Monday the 28th, which is over a week away. The swell jumps up to 7 ft from the S, with very strong energy (817). However, the winds are onshore and it’s rainy. The conditions are marginal, and that size (over 5 ft) is starting to get proper, but it’s not clean. It’s a long-range promise that’s more likely to be a wind-blown mess than a classic day.

So, to sum it up: if you’re keen, you are looking strictly at Thursday morning the 17th for the cleanest, glassy surf, or maybe Friday morning the 18th for a smaller but clean option. After that, you’re waiting a long time for a chance that might not deliver.

Rusty.

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