Cintsa West Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s coming down the pipe for Cintsa West. It’s been a bit of a messy stretch lately, but there are a couple of windows where it could really turn on.

Right now, Monday the 14th is a write-off. We’ve got a big, chunky 12ft to 13ft easterly swell rolling in, but it’s being hammered by a strong cross-shore wind. The combined energy is massive (3950-5090), but it’s all just a lumpy, wind-blown mess. Not worth paddling out.

The first real glimmer comes Tuesday morning the 15th. The swell drops back to a much more manageable 7ft from the east, with a nice 11-second period. But the real story is the wind: it’s gone glassy, dead calm. For a point break like Cintsa West that likes it clean, this is your window. The combined energy is moderate (960). It won’t be huge, but it’ll be clean and lined up. The water temp is about average for this time of year. This is easily the best on offer for the near term.

Tuesday afternoon gets a little bumpy as a light cross-onshore shows up, and the swell drops a bit to 6ft. Still surfable, but the morning is the clear winner.

Wednesday the 16th is a complete mess again with strong winds and a dropping swell. Thursday the 17th is also a no-go with onshore winds and a short-period, weak swell (7-8 seconds). Friday the 18th stays poor, with strong onshore winds and 8-8ft of messy swell. The combined energy is moderate (812-892), but the quality is gone.

The weekend of the 21st and 22nd sees the swell drop right off to 4-4ft, with light cross-shore winds. The combined energy is weak (254-411). It’s small and marginal – a longboard might get a few if you’re desperate, but nothing to write home about.

Now, looking further ahead, there’s a longer wait for the next real potential. The morning of Saturday the 26th of September is one to circle on the calendar. We’re looking at an 8ft swell from the SSW with a long 11-second period, pushing combined energy into strong territory (1494). The wind is forecast to be a clean cross-offshore breeze. That’s a setup that can produce some good, hollow waves at this point. It’s a long way out, so keep an eye on it, but it’s the most promising session in the second week.

Sunday the 27th looks like it gets messy again as the wind swings onshore, but a very long-period groundswell (15-16 seconds) from the S arrives Monday the 28th. That swell has massive energy (2768), but it’s coming with a cross-onshore wind, which will likely chop it up. That’s a real shame – on a point, that long-period energy would be amazing if the wind played ball.

So, bottom line: the standout session is Tuesday morning the 15th for clean, glassy waves. The backup is Saturday the 26th, but that one’s a promise, not a guarantee, this far out. The rest of the window is mostly marginal or poor.

Rusty.

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