Cordoama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a proper look at what's on the cards for Cordama over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you from the get-go: it's a tough start. The first week and a half is looking pretty grim. We're staring down a real dry spell with poor conditions dominating until at least the 9th of September. The wind is mostly a problem, staying cross-on or onshore, making things lumpy and choppy. It's not going to be much fun out there, so it might be a good time to get the gear sorted and wait it out.

Alright, so where's the light at the end of the tunnel? It shows up around the 10th of September. Thursday the 10th looks like the first proper chance to get wet. The wind does a complete 180, turning light cross-off from the ESE on the morning, and then a clean offshore from the SSE by the afternoon. The swell will be a clean 5ft from the NW, and with offshore breeze, the lines should start cleaning right up. The energy is moderate at 226 and 235, so enough push for a fun session. The water is sitting at about 68°, which is a touch colder than we'd normally expect for late summer, but nothing a good suit won't handle.

But the real standout, the one you're going to want to circle on the calendar, is Friday the 11th of September. This is the one. The swell turns a bit more west-northwest, dropping slightly to 4ft, but it's a proper groundswell with a long 15-second period. Combine that with the energy reading of 690, which is solid, and you've got some proper grunt in the water. The morning has a light offshore from the ESE, and by the afternoon it goes dead glassy. This is going to produce some of the best, cleanest waves we've seen in a while. Cordama handles that NW-to-WNW direction well, being an exposed break, and that long period swell means long, clean walls. It's an intermediate-level break, but when it's this clean and the crowd is only "sometimes" an issue, it's a fantastic spot for a surfer of that skill level to have a ball.

The weekend after that, the 12th and 13th, looks a bit more hit and miss again with the wind returning, but Sunday the 13th morning does show a light cross-off from the east on a 3ft WNW swell, worth a look if you're around.

So, to sum it up: we've got a long dry spell for nearly ten days, then a real window of opportunity kicks off on the 10th and peaks on the 11th. Get your board waxed for Friday the 11th of September, that's the one to go for.

Rusty.

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