Domes (Rincon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, grab a coffee, because I’ve got the full picture for you over the next couple of weeks, and honestly, it’s a bit of a slow burn. There’s a real flat spell on the cards for a good stretch, but we do have a little something brewing right at the end of the window that might just wet your whistle.

Looking at Domes (Rincon), it’s going to be a quiet start. For the first few days, we’re seeing tiny waves, nothing over 1ft, with some glassy mornings early on. The energy is weak, sitting in the single digits and teens (13-56), which means you’ll be doing more floating than surfing. It's pretty ordinary stuff, and you’ll be scratching for anything.

That flatness is going to hang around for a solid week to ten days. From the 7th right through to the 16th, it’s the same story every day: small, weak, and mostly poor. We do get some clean mornings, but the afternoon thunderstorm risk is a recurring theme. The swell direction is all over the place, but it’s all small and short-period, so nothing with any real push. The best you can say is the water’s glassy on a few mornings, which makes it pretty for a paddle, but not for much else.

Around the 17th and 18th, the swell direction shifts more to the NNE with a bit more period – we see 12-13 seconds on Thursday and Friday. But the height stays stubbornly low at 0.7ft, so even with a longer-period groundswell, there’s just not enough water moving to make it worthwhile. It’s a tease, really.

There is a glimmer of hope on the 22nd. That Tuesday morning, we finally see the swell bump to 2ft. It’s still on the small side, but the period is 8 seconds, the wind is calm and glassy, and the energy jumps to 68. It’s the first time the numbers start to feel like a surfable wave, and the conditions look clean, but even then, it’s an ordinary one. It’s the only thing on the board that would get you out of bed.

So, the long and short of it is: Domes is looking like a lake for most of the next two weeks. The only real standout, if you can call it that, is that 22nd morning. It won’t be epic, but it’s the only window with any kind of pulse. Until then, keep the board in the car and the froth in check.

Rusty

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