Costa Azul Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, pulling up the chair for a look at the next couple of weeks at Costa Azul. Let’s get straight into it.

The first few days are a bit of a mixed bag, but the water is absolutely pumping at a toasty 88°F, which is a massive 5°F warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s seriously unusual, so it’ll feel like a bath out there.

We start off on Thursday the 3rd with a solid 8ft southerly swell and a ton of energy – we’re talking 2377 in the combined readings. Problem is, it’s coming straight onshore with a moderate breeze from the southeast, so it’s messy and choppy. Not the kind of day you’d paddle out for. That trend continues into Friday with similar sized swell, but the wind is still spoiling it.

Saturday the 5th looks like a bit of a transition. The morning sees the swell dropping to 5ft from the south-southwest, and with a light cross-shore breeze, it’s rideable but nothing special. Late afternoon brings a shift – wind swings west-northwest at 16 mph, cross-off, and the surf bumps up to 6ft from the southwest. The conditions turn clean, and for a moment there it’s looking a bit more interesting.

Now, Sunday the 6th afternoon is where we start to see the real standout. The swell is a clean 6ft from the west-southwest, and the wind goes offshore out of the northwest at just 6 mph. That’s light breeze territory, and the combined energy is still a solid 1387. The report flags excellent conditions for experienced surfers. The crowd situation is only "sometimes" a problem here, and with that clean, lined-up swell, the early morning session on the Sunday looks like the pick of the first week.

The week after that drops off significantly. Monday the 7th has some fun little waist-high waves, but from Tuesday the 8th through the following weekend, it’s mostly small, weak, and onshore. The combined energy dips into the low hundreds, and the conditions turn choppy or just plain poor. That’s a solid stretch of days where you’re probably better off waiting for the next pulse.

But hold on. The forecast has a real gem lined up for the second week. Thursday the 17th afternoon starts to show some serious promise. The wind swings to the west-southwest at 9 mph, cross-off, and the swell builds to a clean 3ft from the southwest. The key here is the period – a massive 21 seconds. That’s very long-period groundswell, and it’s packing a combined energy of 1158. This is the kind of deep, powerful green water that will wrap into Costa Azul beautifully, especially given the exposed setup and the optimum swell direction from the south-southeast. This is excellent, experienced surfer territory.

And to cap it off, Friday the 18th morning goes glassy. A 3ft southwest swell with that same deep, long period goes glassy under a slight southerly air. That is the definition of a pristine session. Those two days, the 17th afternoon and the 18th morning, are the absolute standouts of the entire 16-day run. Get on it if you can, but it’s a long-range call so keep an eye on it.

Overall, the first week has a couple of okay days with Sunday the 6th being the best, then a big quiet spell, before Thursday and Friday of the second week deliver the real gold.

Rusty.

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