Cordoama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s cookin’ at Cordama (Cordama) over the next couple of weeks. The water temp’s about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on there. First up, Thursday morning the 3rd: we’ve got waist-to-chest high swell from the NW at 3 ft, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the ENE. It’s clean enough, but the period is short, just 7 seconds, so it’s a bit weak and bumpy. The combined energy is only 110 – weak stuff. Honestly, nothing to get excited about. Thursday afternoon drops to 2 ft with a proper offshore SE wind, clean faces but tiny.

Friday the 4th is a total glass-off in the morning – dead calm, 2 ft from the WNW, period stretching to 8 seconds. It’s small and weak (energy 56), but if you’ve got a log, it’ll be silky smooth. Afternoon gets messy with a cross-shore.

Saturday the 5th? Forget it. Onshore NW wind, lumpy, and the swell bumps up to 3 ft but it’s blown out. Energy’s 132 but the quality is zero.

Now, from Sunday the 6th through to Tuesday the 8th, we get a spike in size: 4 ft to 6 ft from the NW and NNW, with periods hitting 12 to 13 seconds on Sunday and Monday. That’s proper groundswell energy – combined energy hits 834 on Monday morning. But – and this is a big but – the wind is fresh and cross-onshore or onshore from the NNW, 19 to 22 mph. It’s gonna be chunky, lumpy, and ugly. This is not paddle-surfable for fun. If you’ve got a kite, this stretch from Sunday the 6th through Wednesday the 9th might get you stoked, because the swell is there but the wind is wrecking it for us surfers.

Wednesday the 9th stays similar: 6 ft, onshore, messy. Thursday the 10th drops a little but still cross-onshore. The whole run from the 6th to the 11th is a write-off for clean waves.

Friday the 11th morning: 3 ft from the NNW, light cross-onshore, still choppy. Not worth the paddle.

Saturday the 12th: tiny and windy. Sunday the 13th: lumpy and small.

Monday the 14th: a little glimmer. Glassy calm in the morning, 2 ft from the WNW, period 9 seconds. Weak energy (75), but it’s clean. Tuesday the 15th has light offshore wind in the morning but only 1 ft – not enough to bother.

The standout: Wednesday morning the 16th. That’s the one. Clear skies, glassy conditions, and a solid 5 ft swell from the NW with an 8-second period. The combined energy jumps to 456 – moderate, with some punch. It’s not a groundswell, but the glass gives it perfect shape. This is the best wave of the whole 16-day window. Afternoon gets cross-onshore and messy again.

Thursday the 17th drops to 5-6 ft, onshore, and Friday the 18th fades to 3 ft with a cross-on breeze. Game over.

So, if you’re keen, pencil in Wednesday the 16th morning. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or both. It’s a bleak run otherwise – a solid 5 days of poor conditions from the 6th to the 10th, then a long wait for that one good morning. Don’t hold your breath on the long-range stuff; that Wednesday the 16th looks promising but it’s a week and a half away, so don’t book time off work just yet.

Stay tuned, the glassy morning on the 16th could be a gem.

Rusty.

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