El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at the surf over the next couple of weeks for one of our local haunts.

Right off the bat, I gotta say, it’s a bit of a tough stretch. We’ve got a long dry spell to start. The first recordable surf recommendation doesn’t kick in until the 16th of August, and honestly, that’s not the good news. For the first several days, the pattern here is consistently a downer.

Looking at El Comedor, a proper expert-level reef break, the conditions are stubbornly unfriendly. For the first week, it’s all onshore wind and that’s just going to make things messy. The swell shows up, between 3 ft to 5 ft from the north-northeast, with a short period of 7 to 8 seconds, but it’s never clean enough to be any good. The combined energy is weak to moderate, sitting between 148 and 288, but that doesn't help when the wind is ruining it. The water temperature is sitting at 75°F, which is about 2°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so not a major anomaly, just a bit on the warm side.

The entire 16-day forecast is written with poor surf conditions. There is no standout day here.

We do see a bump in swell size around the 24th of August, with swell heights hitting 6 ft to 6 ft from the north-northeast, and the energy jumps into a moderate range (up to 437). But again, the wind stays onshore or cross-onshore from the northeast, often blowing at 12 to 16 mph. This makes for a bumpy, choppy surface. For a spot that needs that offshore southerly wind, it's just not on the cards.

For a reef break like this, we need the wind to swing. With the period staying short (7 to 8 seconds), it’s not a groundswell, so the shape won’t be there even if the wind cleaned up. With the swell size over 5 ft but consistently messy, it's likely gonna be a write-off for paddle surfing. Honestly, with the strong onshore wind and that consistent swell, this setup might be more interesting for the kite surfers than for us.

We look all the way to the end of the month, the 29th and 30th of August, and the wave comment is still saying poor surf conditions with moderate winds. There’s essentially a 16-day stretch of no-go. It's a bummer, but sometimes the charts just don't line up. We just have to wait for a change in the wind.

Rusty.

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