El Anclote Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Straight up, this is not a period for big, powerful surf. The swell energy is pretty mellow across the board, with the combined energy readings mostly sitting in the weak range (under 100) or just poking into the lower end of moderate. We're looking at a window of small, but often clean, waves. The water temperature is sitting at 89°F, which is about 5°F above the long-term average, so it’s much warmer than usual for this time of year.

The best bet of the entire outlook lands slap bang on Thursday, September 4th. The early morning is clean with a light cross-offshore breeze from the NNE, but the highlight is Friday afternoon, September 4th. We’ve got clear skies and a proper offshore wind from the NW. The swell is small, only 2ft from the SW, but the period stretches out to a very long 16 seconds. That's a classic groundswell. Combined with a moderate energy reading of 360, it’ll have some shape and push to it. This reef break handles that direction well, and with that offshore wind, it’s going to be clean as a whistle.

Before that, Wednesday afternoon, September 3rd is a solid warm-up. It’s even cleaner with a glassy cross-offshore breeze and a tiny 2ft swell, but with a very long period of 17 seconds and a combined energy of 378, it'll produce some little peelers.

After that Friday session, the surf drops off a cliff. We have a long stretch from Saturday the 6th right through to the end of the forecast where the waves are either tiny, blown out, or both. There's a small window on Sunday afternoon, September 7th with a clean 3ft wave from the W, but it's surrounded by onshore winds and storm risks.

The whole second week is a bit of a write-off. From about September 9th onwards, swell heights drop to 1-2ft and the combined energy is almost always below 150. Conditions are clean on a few mornings, like Monday, September 15th with glassy conditions, but it's just too small. It’s a patchy, inconsistent run for the rest of the outlook.

Stick to that Thursday and Friday this week, and you'll score the best of a small but very clean run of surf.

Rusty.

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