El Camotal Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, ol’ Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. Looking at the charts for our stretch of coast, it’s a pretty bleak picture for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a solid run of days where the ocean is just going to be messy and uninviting.

The only spot on the map is El Camotal. It’s a consistent little beginner-friendly break, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be any good. The direction of the swell is coming from the southwest, which is about as unfriendly as it gets for this place.

The next few days are a write-off. The swell is small, weak, and onshore winds are going to chop it all up. We’re looking at a long stretch of “poor surf conditions” from Friday the 11th right through the weekend and into the middle of the following week. The wave energy is weak, with combined energy values hovering around 154 to 431, and the cross-onshore breeze is just going to make it all a mess. Nothing is breaking clean.

There’s a tiny flicker of life on Tuesday the 15th morning. The swell bumps up to a modest 4ft, and the energy climbs to 618, which is moderate, but the winds are still cross-onshore. It’s flagged as marginal, not good. To be honest, it’s still not worth getting wet for.

The winds stay light for a few mornings after that, but the swell drops right back down. We’re talking 2ft or less of weak, short-period slop. The energy stays in the low triple digits, and the break is just going to be closing out or dribbling. This dry spell is going to run for nearly two weeks.

Even as we get to the end of the forecast period, around the 25th and 26th of September, things are still looking pretty ordinary. The energy picks up a bit, hitting 532 and 569, and the period gets longer, but we’re still stuck with these cross-onshore winds and only around 3ft of swell.

Bottom line, there is nothing here that gets the heart racing. There are no standout days, no windows of glassy perfection. If you’re desperate, you could maybe find a knee-high ripple on Tuesday morning when the energy is at its highest, but it’s going to be a grind. This looks like more of a kite-surfing kind of setup for a while, with that onshore breeze and messy conditions, at least for the first week or so.

Don’t get too down, though. This spot is consistent, so it tends not to stay this bad for long. A change in the swell direction could flip the whole thing on its head. But for now, I’d be finding a different hobby for a while.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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