Club del la Playa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks at Club del la Playa.

Things start off a bit average, to be honest. Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd are a write-off with strong cross-onshore winds and lumpy, messy surf – not worth getting wet. The swell’s there, but the wind has it blown out.

Monday the 24th is where it starts to turn. Monday morning, we’ve got glassy conditions with a solid 6ft swell from the SSE, and the combined energy is moderate at 977. This is the standout of the whole run – clean, good shape, and that slight air and glassy surface will have it looking crisp. It’s a beach and point set-up, so that long-period 13-second groundswell should wrap in nicely. Crowds are *sometimes* an issue here, so you might have to share, but for quality, this is the session to aim for.

Tuesday the 25th drops off a bit – clean conditions with offshore wind, but the swell drops to 4ft and the energy’s weak. Still surfable, but nothing special.

Wednesday the 26th has a bit of a pulse again, with 5ft from the SE and a very long 14-second period. The morning is clean with a gentle offshore wind, and the afternoon stays clean too. The combined energy is moderate at 915. It’s worth a look, but Monday is still your best bet.

From Thursday the 27th onward, it gets smaller and more inconsistent. Swell drops under 3ft through the end of August, and the wind tends to be onshore or cross-shore. There’s a bit of a bump around the 31st with 5ft from the E, but fresh winds ruin it.

Into the first week of September, we see a bigger swell arrive – 7ft to 10ft from the SE and ESE – but the wind is strong and messy, with cross-shore chop. This is big, but only for experienced surfers, and the conditions are far from clean. The morning of the 2nd has clean faces but the swell is still 7ft and the energy is strong at 2184 – could be an option for experts if they can handle the power.

After that, it fades again into early September with small, weak surf and mostly ordinary conditions. The 5th has a brief moment of clean, gentle offshore wind, but the swell is only 2ft – barely worth paddling out for.

So, to sum it up: Monday morning the 24th of August is your clear standout – glassy, 6ft SSE groundswell, clean and lined up. If you can get out then, that’s the one. After that, it’s a bit of a waiting game with only the occasional bigger, wind-affected days for the brave.

Rusty.

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