El Balneario Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Honestly, it’s a flat spell and it hangs around for a while. We're lookin' at small dribbles of swell for the first few days and then a whole lot of nothing, so don't get your hopes up too much.

Our only real shot, and it's a soft one, is at El Balneario. It’s a beginner-friendly, fairly consistent spot, and it’s exposed to the swell with an optimum direction from the WSW. For Saturday morning, the 29th of August, we've got some clean, surfable little waves coming in at 2 ft from the west. The wind is light offshore from the ENE at 6 mph, making things clean. The combined energy is weak at 59, so these are tiny, crumbly waves, but it might just be enough for a longboard or a foamie. It's the only window with a bit of shape on offer.

After that, Sunday the 30th through Tuesday the 1st of September stays clean with offshore winds, but the swell drops to practically nothing – we're talking 1 ft to 2 ft. The wave energy is next to zero.

Then, Wednesday morning the 2nd of September sees a tiny pulse. We get 3 ft from the WNW, with the wind going completely glassy. It's a very ordinary wave though, and the energy is still weak (70). It might look pretty, but it'll be slow.

After that, from Thursday the 3rd of September right through to the end of the forecast, the swell completely shuts down. There's days of nothing but strong offshore wind and flat lines. A total blank run. This is pretty normal for the area when the swell goes dead. Even the longer period swell that shows up on the 5th is too tiny to bother with.

In the second week, a bit of a westerly pulse shows up around the 12th of September with a 1 ft groundswell from the west, period 12 seconds, but the wind will be onshore, ruining it.

So, for the best on offer – and I'm stretching here – it's that Saturday morning, 29th of August, at El Balneario. Tiny, clean, and for beginners only.

Rusty.

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