El Agujero Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m looking at the charts for your area, and it’s a rough stretch. For the next 16 days, there’s nothing worth paddling out for. It’s a long, dry spell of poor surf, starting now and running right through the 17th of August.

The only spot in the mix is El Agujero, a reef break. It’s consistent, it’s open to the swell, and it likes a swell from the NNW. But the wind is always blowing from the wrong direction – mostly NNE or NE, between 9 and 19 mph – and it’s almost always cross-onshore. That makes for choppy, lumpy, and messy conditions. The swell direction is never lining up right for this spot.

We kick off on Sunday morning, August 2nd, with a weak NNE windswell, about 4 ft, with a period of just 6 seconds. The combined energy is 113 (moderate wave energy), and the wind is onshore, making it ugly. That afternoon, the wind picks up to 16 mph, still onshore, and it’s worse. From Monday through Saturday, August 8th, it’s the same thing: 3 ft to 5 ft of short-period windswell, cross-onshore winds, and the surf is just poor. Energy stays moderate, between 116 and 262.

Then, on August 9th, the afternoon shows a bit of a longer period – 10 seconds – with 4 ft of swell and a combined energy of 320 (moderate wave energy). That’s a glimmer, but the wind is still onshore, so it’s not clean. By the 13th and 14th of August, the swell gets bigger, up to 6 ft to 7 ft, and the energy hits strong numbers, 476 and 466. That’s a lot of water, but with fresh cross-onshore winds at 19 mph, it’s a lumpy, blown-out mess. For a reef, that’s not worth it. The water temperature is about average for this time of year.

Honestly, with that much wind and such poor quality, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than for paddling. There’s nothing to get excited about. Sometimes it goes like this, and forecasts can change, but for now, I’d leave the board at home.

- Rusty

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