Cordoama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your rubber and listen up. Rusty here, and I’m looking at the charts for Cordama.

First thing’s first: strap in, because we’re looking at a long, quiet stretch before any real magic shows up. The next week is basically a write-off. You’ll see small, weak swell with those darn onshore or cross-onshore winds chopping everything up—the combined energy barely cracks the low hundreds for days; it’s a whole lot of nothing. If you paddle out, you’re fighting wind bumps for tiny knee-high slop. Save your energy.

Now, the standout window is way out there. On Sunday the 23rd of August, things shift. The water temperature hangs around 69°, a bit colder than normal by 2 degrees, but that’s a detail—not why we’re here. That morning is your best bet: a solid 6ft northwest swell, long period of 12 seconds and a big combined energy of 1013. That’s real energy, the kind that pushes through with authority. The wind is light, cross-offshore from the south, meaning clean, groomed faces. This is expert territory—that size and power will be too much for beginners. For experienced surfers, though, it’s firing.

The break is an exposed spot, so that north-west is going to hit it proper. No crowds are guaranteed, but it’s a good spot, so they’ll be there sometimes. It’s consistent, so you’ll get waves.

After that morning, the afternoon holds up at 6ft (819 energy) but the wind clocks around and it gets a bit more borderline. Worth it if you can’t make the morning, but the morning is the call.

Then the rest of that week and into September? Same old story: onshore wind, lumpy surf, nothing worth writing home about. There’s a flicker of hope on Friday, the 4th of September—a 6ft to 7ft northwest swell with lighter winds and glassy conditions—but the period is short at 8 seconds, and it’s borderline. Might be a session for the keen, but not a standout.

So do yourself a favour: wait for that Sunday the 23rd of August. It’s the one true standout in a quiet window.

Rusty.

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