El Canal (Rio de Bayamon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's be real with you. This is a tough stretch for surf around here.

Right off the bat, I gotta tell you, the next two weeks don't look great. We're looking at a solid run of poor surf conditions straight through with nothing that qualifies as a good recommendation for the entire 16 day period.

We're talking about El Canal (Rio de Bayamon) (Puerto Rico). This spot is listed as a river mouth that rarely breaks, and it's sheltered. For the next week and a half, the swell is small – mostly around 0.7 ft to 5 ft – and it's coming in from the ENE and E. The wind is stubbornly cross-off from the east, blowing at 15 to 19 mph. That wind is just not lining up to make anything clean and rideable here. The combined energy figures are weak to moderate, topping out around 282 (moderate wave energy) on Wednesday the 8th of July, but even then the conditions are still labelled poor.

There's a stretch where it gets really tiny, like from July 12th through the 15th and again on the 18th, with swells barely 0.3 ft to 1 ft. A few days like July 14th afternoon see a little height (4 ft) but short 6-second period and the same cross-off wind keep the quality down. Even on July 20th, the best of the bunch is 5 ft ENE swell, but again, it's cross-off wind and poor conditions.

The water temperature is sitting at 84°F with an anomaly of 1°F, which is pretty average for the time of year. Nothing unusual there.

Look, because this spot rarely breaks and the conditions are just not lining up for us, I wouldn't bother paddling out here at all. It's a blank run, and honestly, that's not too unusual for a sheltered river break like this. You might find more interest here for a kite session than a surfboard, given the steady cross-off winds and the weaker swell. Keep an eye on it, but for now, give it a miss.

Rusty.

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