Cordoama Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let me be straight with you – it's a tough stretch ahead for Cordama. We've got a long line of onshore wind in the forecast that's going to make things messy. The water is sitting at 67°, which is a bit colder than what we'd normally expect for this time of year, so you might want to pull on a spring suit. Almost everything in the window is getting blown out by a persistent NNW wind, so the main story is waiting and watching.

The window starts off pretty grim. Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th are a write-off – a fresh breeze pushing straight onshore with about 5ft of weak, short-period swell that has poor surf written all over it. Combined energy is low at 217. Not worth paddling out.

There's a glimmer on Monday morning the 27th. We see the wind swing light offshore from the ENE, around 3 mph, with a clean surface. Swell drops to 4ft from the NW with a 7-second period, and the energy is moderate at 156. It's surfable but nothing special. That window is short-lived though, as the wind shifts cross-shore in the afternoon and the energy drops.

From Tuesday the 28th right through to Saturday the 1st of August, it's more of the same: consistent onshore or cross-onshore wind, mostly from the NNW or N, with swell heights bouncing between 2ft and 4ft. The period is short, under 10 seconds, and the energy stays weak to moderate. Conditions are described as choppy or lumpy – not your friend.

Sunday the 2nd of August into the first week of August brings no real relief. Swell stays small and the wind remains a problem. Expect clean-looking skies but messy water. The wave energy dips into double digits at times.

Now, looking further out, around Friday the 7th of August, things get interesting on paper but stay frustrating. The swell builds to 4–5ft from the WNW and NW, and the combined energy jumps into the strong range, hitting 344 on the Friday morning. But the wind is still cross-on, so it's going to look a lot better than it actually rides.

The real tease comes on Sunday the 9th of August, more than two weeks out. Swell bumps up to 7–7ft from the NNW with a period of 8-9 seconds, and the energy is very strong at 522-699. That's some real muscle. But the wind is onshore or cross-onshore at 19 mph, so the surf quality is still poor. For the experts, there's power there, but it's going to be a bumpy, blown-out mess.

Honestly, the only standout in this entire 16-day window is the Monday morning, the 27th of July, at Cordama. It's not epic, but with the ENE offshore breeze at 3 mph cleaning things up and a small but rideable 4ft NW swell, it's the cleanest we're going to see. Crowds are possible here, so if you want the pick of a bad bunch, that's your moment. For all the other days, you're better off waiting for a better forecast.

Stay patient.

- Rusty

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