El Agujero Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty bleak run. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for any decent surf. There’s nothing on offer that’s worth paddling out for. The swell is there, but the wind is constantly messing it up, and the wave quality is labelled as poor for every single session. You’d be wasting your time.

We start off this Monday afternoon, the 13th of July, and it’s already a struggle. A small 3 foot swell from the NNW, with a period of 9 seconds, is coming in, but a 9 mph cross-on breeze from the NNE is making it choppy and unattractive. The combined energy is only 117, so it’s weak. Water temp is sitting at 73°, which is about average for this time of year.

The conditions just don’t change. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week see the swell drop even smaller, with the same cross-shore mess. Thursday the 16th sees a bit more size, pushing 4 to 5 feet, and the energy climbs to 145, but the wind is still a 12 mph cross-on, so it’s just a choppy, blown-out mess.

Heading into the weekend, the 18th and 19th, the swell actually builds to 5 to 6 feet, and the energy is getting into the moderate range (322, 321), but the wind is still ripping at 16 mph from the NNE, keeping everything cross-on or onshore. It’s all junk.

The second week doesn’t save us either. By the 23rd of July, Thursday, we get the biggest swell of the whole period, 8 feet from the NNE at 8 seconds. The energy jumps to 623, which is strong, but the wind is still onshore at 16 mph. That’s just a blown-out, lumpy mess. At that size, it’s getting too big for beginners, but with those winds, it’s not even good for experts.

The swell hangs around 7 feet and above through the 26th, with energy well into the 400s and 500s, but it’s the same story every day: cross-on winds from the NNE at 12-16 mph. The surf is always classed as poor. At a spot like El Agujero, which is a reef break, you’d normally want clean conditions. With this constant wind, it’s a hard pass for a paddle. Honestly, with that much wind and that much swell, it might be more interesting for a kite session than a surf.

So, no standouts here. Not a single day worth highlighting. We’ve got a full 16 days of garbage. Sometimes you get a blank stretch like this, and it’s just how it goes. The forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing for a surfer to get excited about.

Rusty.

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