El Caño de la Culata Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks at El Caño de la Culata.

Honestly, it’s a tough stretch. The pattern over the next 16 days is dominated by tiny, weak swell and unfavourable winds. You’ll see plenty of clean mornings with cross-offshore breezes, but with no real swell to speak of, those are just flat, clean water sessions – not surfing. The afternoons bring a little bump, but it’s usually small windswell coming in with a messy onshore or cross-onshore wind, leaving things choppy and weak.

Right out of the gate, Sunday afternoon the 19th, we’ve got the first bit of activity: a tiny 2-foot swell from the WSW with a period of just 3 seconds. That’s pure windswell, very weak energy (9). The water is sitting at 75°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – more than 4° above the average. But with a strong cross-on breeze blowing at 15 mph, it’s not going to be any fun out there. This is really a beginner’s break, sheltered, and fairly consistent, but when the conditions are like this, it’s not even worth paddling out.

From Monday the 20th through the week, expect a classic pattern: clean mornings on the shore, but barely a ripple. Swell pops up again on Monday afternoon, but it’s 2–2 feet and 3 seconds – no power, poor shape. Wednesday afternoon sees a tiny improvement: a 1-foot swell from the WSW with a 5-second period, which is a bit longer, but still barely enough to ride. The combined energy is only 5 – that’s about as weak as it gets. The afternoons all have moderate onshore or cross-onshore winds, so the surface stays choppy.

Things don’t improve heading into the second week. July 28, Tuesday, we get a brief moment of glory in the morning – glassy conditions, calm with a wee bit of WNW breeze. But there’s no swell to work with, so it’s just a beautiful flat morning. By the afternoon, a 0.5–1-foot, 5-second pulse from the WSW creeps in with 2 combined energy, and an onshore breeze making it totally unrideable.

On the 29th, Wednesday afternoon, the wind cranks up from the SSE at 22 mph with a cross-on direction, creating lumpy, messy water. Surf? No. Looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Toward the end, August 2nd and 3rd, we finally get a little offshore breeze on Monday morning the 3rd, blowing from the NNE at 9 mph. That’s clean – but again, no swell in the water. So, another flat and frustrating clean morning.

Overall, there’s nothing worth getting excited about right through the forecast period. The swell energy never climbs above single digits, period stays short, and the surf quality is consistently poor. If you’re committed to getting wet, mornings are your best bet for a calm paddle, but there’s no surf to speak of.

Stay patient – conditions like these don’t stick around forever.

Rusty.

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