El Anclote Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for El Anclote over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this isn't a week for heroes. The swell is tiny, real tiny, mostly hanging around 1ft to 2ft out of the southwest. The energy is weak to moderate at best. It's a long period groundswell though, coming in at 14 to 19 seconds. That kind of period will put some shape on those little bumps, making it less of a dribble and more of a rideable wave, especially on a reef setup like El Anclote. But we are firmly in "fun-sized" territory, not "send it".

The water is a massive standout here, coming in at 89° which is much warmer than normal for this time of year. So you’ll be sweating in your wettie, but that's a good problem to have.

Alright, let's run through the days. Wednesday the 9th starts off with poor conditions, a bit lumpy. Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th are similar: mornings are messy, but afternoons clean up with a nice cross-offshore breeze from the west or northwest. It's surfable, but nothing to write home about. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th are pretty ordinary too. The following week, from Monday the 14th through to Wednesday the 23rd, the pattern holds steady. The wind looks better in the mornings and afternoons, often going glassy or cross-offshore from the north-east or north-west. This will make for clean conditions on those small, long-period waves. The 15th of September Tuesday afternoon is worth a mention with a pure offshore from the northwest and clean little 2ft waves.

The best bits, what we're really looking at, are the glassy mornings on the 20th and 21st of September. On the 20th, we'll see glassy conditions with 1ft, 19-second swell from the SW. Then the 21st Monday morning is the real highlight: glassy again, with a solid 2ft, 17-second swell from the SW. That's about as good as this run gets. Don't expect much to change through the 22nd and 23rd – clean, tiny, but rideable.

Now, the last few days drop off. The 24th Thursday, the swell backs off even more, and the afternoon winds pick up but it's too small to care. This is a low-energy period. If you want to get wet and have a little glide, there are windows. If you're looking to get barrelled, maybe take up kite surfing if the wind picks up, because the paddle surfing isn't going to give you much power.

-Rusty

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