Cordoama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days at Cordoama are about as friendly as a Portuguese bull in a china shop. The wind is on the gas almost the whole time, and the swell never quite shakes off the onshore slop. If you’re waiting for a clean, rippable session, you’re gonna be waiting a long time.

Let’s get into it. The water’s a bit colder than normal for this time of year, sitting at 67°, which is a solid 3° cooler than average – you’ll want a decent spring suit.

We’ve got a long gap of nothing worthwhile. The first few days, from Thursday the 23rd of July right through to Tuesday the 29th, are a write-off. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, blowing 12 to 22 mph, and the swell is short-period junk. The combined swell energy is weak, sitting between 61 and 304 (that’s weak to moderate), but it’s all wind-blown and choppy. Forget it.

The first real glimmer comes on Wednesday morning, the 29th of July. We’ve got a light ESE breeze, which is cross-offshore, and the waves are described as “surfable but very ordinary”. Swell is a weak 4 ft from the NW, period of 7 seconds, with combined energy of 145 (moderate). It’s clean, but it’s not gonna make your year. Crowds are possible here. Honestly, it’s the best on offer but it’s a low bar.

The next sniff of something half-decent is Friday morning, the 31st of July. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, with a tiny 3 ft NW groundswell, period of 6 seconds, and combined energy of 91 (weak). Again, surfable but very ordinary. If you’re desperate, paddle out, but don’t expect much.

Then we have another gap. The swell builds a bit on the 1st and 2nd of August, but the wind is cross-onshore, so it’s still choppy and messy. By Sunday the 2nd, the swell hits 7 ft from the NW – that’s big enough for intermediates, but still with a cross-onshore wind. Combined energy jumps to 800 (strong), but it’s all blown out.

Monday the 3rd of August sees the biggest energy of the window, with combined swell energy hitting 895 (strong) and swell of 7 ft to 8 ft from the NNW. But again, the wind is cross-onshore or onshore at 15 to 22 mph. That’s poor surf conditions. For experienced surfers, there might be a heavy, lumpy wave, but it’s not gonna be clean.

After that, the swell drops and the wind stays strong right through to the 7th of August. Swell energy drops back to 126 (weak) to 188 (moderate), with onshore winds of 19 to 25 mph. That’s kite-surfing territory, not paddle surfing.

So, the standout? There isn’t a real standout. The best of a bad bunch is Wednesday morning the 29th of July, with clean but weak waves, and Friday morning the 31st of July, with glassy conditions and tiny swell. If you’re going to the beach, bring a towel, not a board.

Rusty.

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