Cintsa West Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks at Cintsa West.

We’re starting off pretty average, but there’s a couple of real gems hiding in the second week that are worth circling on the calendar. This point break likes a solid SE groundswell, and we get a few windows where that lines up with clean conditions.

The weekend (July 25th) starts lukewarm. Saturday morning is a bit of a write-off with a cross-shore breeze messing with a 4ft SSW swell (953 energy). But Saturday afternoon is a real tease – it goes glassy, the wind drops to nothing, and you get a clean 4ft SSW swell (771 energy). It’s small, but those afternoon windows are a chance to get wet without the chop. Sunday and Monday look messy with building cross-shore winds, so don’t get your hopes up.

Then things get interesting. Tuesday, July 28th, brings a spike in size. The afternoon session looks like a standout for the first week: glassy conditions, 4ft of long-period SSW groundswell (15 seconds), and the energy is pumping at 1280. The water temps are sitting about average for the time of year. That’s a solid window for an intermediate surfer – it’s clean, the swell has shape, and that long period will be working well on the point.

After that, we hit a real quiet and windy stretch through the end of July and into the first of August. The swell picks up, but so does the wind, making a mess of things. For the morning of August 2nd, we’re looking at a big, raw 10ft E swell with 3969 energy, but it’s cross-shore again – still marginal. That kind of size is only for experienced surfers if the wind cleans it up.

Now, here’s the real standout. August 9th, Sunday morning. That’s the one. We’ve got a clean cross-offshore wind, light breeze, and a powerful 12ft SSW groundswell (4349 energy) with an 11-second period. The call is excellent for experienced surfers. That’s the kind of morning you wake up early for – overhead, clean lines on the point, and the crowd might show up because the quality is undeniable. It’s over a week out, so keep an eye on it, but that’s the pick of the whole outlook.

Rusty

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