Castelejo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and wax, let's talk about Castelejo.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this 16-day window is a real test of patience. For the next ten days or so, Castelejo is pretty much a write-off. The winds are cruel, mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell is small and weak with periods that just don't have any grunt. We're talking a lot of nothing, to be honest. This stretch runs from now all the way through to the 21st. It's a long, quiet spell. The water temperature is sitting at 67° and that's 4° colder than usual, so it's definitely feeling more like late autumn than summer.

The wait finally looks like it pays off on Saturday the 22nd. For the morning session, we get a gentle offshore breeze from the ESE and a clean 5ft swell from the NNW (299). Now, the period is a bit short at 7 seconds, so the waves will be a little lumpy and soft, but it will be rideable and clean. That's the first real window of opportunity. After that, the rest of the day gets messy again.

The next day, Sunday the 23rd, is where things get seriously interesting. The morning is looking like one of the best calls of the whole forecast. That WNW swell builds and the period jumps to a lovely long 12 seconds, pushing through with strong energy (929). We’ll see clean, well-shaped waves around the 4ft mark, and the wind is a gentle cross-offshore breeze from the ENE. This is a proper groundswell, and for a spot like Castelejo, which is a beach and reef setup, that long period should produce some really nice lines. It's the standout morning of the whole outlook.

Then we hit Monday the 24th. The morning is for experienced surfers only – the swell pumps up to 7ft from the NW with huge energy (1625). That's a lot of water moving, and the period drops back to 9 seconds, making it a bit of a lumpy beast. The winds are light and clean, so the heavy crew will have some serious walls to play with. The afternoon drops away into a messy, cross-shore wind situation, so don't sleep on that morning session.

After that, Tuesday the 25th morning offers a little glassy cleanup with a 3ft, 11-second swell from the WNW and a glassy wind. It's a nice little recovery, but the fun fades out again by the afternoon.

So, to wrap it up: the first week and a half is a total dud. Your best bets are the clean Saturday morning on the 22nd for a small-wave session, and then the absolute standout is Sunday the 23rd morning. If you have any flexibility, that's the morning to circle on the calendar.

Rusty.

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