El Anclote Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what’s shaking for El Anclote over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you—this is not our finest hour. We’ve got a long stretch of tiny, weak surf ahead, so let’s not waste any time.

The pattern is pretty locked in: small, long-period SW groundswells rolling in, but they just don’t have the height to get real excited about. The combined wave energy readings are mostly under 100 or just cracking into the low triple digits, which tells you it’s weak to moderate at best.

Water temp at El Anclote is sitting at 89°F, which is 4°F above the norm for this time of year. That’s notably warm, so if you’re paddling out, it’ll feel like a bath.

We start off with the most promising conditions right away, on Wednesday, July 29th. The afternoon is the call here. We’ve got a clean 2ft swell from the SW, a 16-second period, and a cross-offshore breeze from the NW at 9 mph. The energy is moderate at 321. It’s not big, but it’s the best-looking, most lined-up wave we’ll see in this whole forecast. For a beginner-friendly reef break like El Anclote, that’s the standout.

Thursday, the 30th, has a tiny knee-high 2ft swell and mixed wind. The morning is messy with a cross-onshore, but the afternoon cleans up with a light cross-off. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.

Then we hit a real dry spell. From Friday, August 1st, all the way through Monday, August 11th, the swell hovers between 0.7ft and 2ft. The energy drops way down, often below 100. There are some glassy moments—like the morning of Tuesday, August 4th and the afternoon of Thursday, August 8th—but with next to no push in the water, there’s just nothing to ride. That’s a solid 10-day gap of basically flat or near-flat conditions.

Things start to nudge back up around Tuesday, August 12th. The afternoon sees a 2ft SW swell, a very long 18-second period, and a clean cross-offshore breeze. Energy bumps to 211. It’s still small, but you might find a clean little nugget if you’re patient. That same pattern holds into Wednesday, August 13th, with a bit more wind from the NNW, but still clean.

So, the only true standout in this whole outlook is the Wednesday afternoon, July 29th session. After that, it’s slim pickings until the second week of August, and even then, it’s just small and clean rather than any kind of pumping session.

Stay patient, my friends. She’ll come back around.

Rusty.

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