El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for this stretch of coast.

First off, I gotta be straight with you – the next two weeks are looking pretty grim for paddling into anything decent. The only break we’ve got to look at is El Comedor, and honestly, the story here isn’t a happy one. All the ratings are showing zero, and the forecast keeps calling it "poor surf conditions". That’s not a one-off; it’s every single session from now through to the 2nd of September. There’s no standout day, no magic window. It’s a blank run.

For a spot like this, a run of poor surf is pretty normal. It’s a reef break, exposed to the north-northwest, and it needs everything to line up. Unfortunately, the wind is all wrong almost the entire time. You’re looking at onshore or cross-onshore breezes from the north and northeast, cranking up to 12-16 mph on most afternoons. That’s a chop factory.

Now, the swell itself… There is energy moving through. The combined swell energy hits values like 166, then climbs into the low hundreds and even cracks the 500 mark on the 28th and 29th of August (451-553). That tells you there’s actually a decent amount of water moving around, with swells from the north and north-northeast. But the periods are short – mostly between 7 and 8 seconds – and the direction is a constant cross-on or onshore nightmare. So you get messy, blown-out lines.

The water temperature? For the first mention, there’s no anomaly data given, so we can’t say if it’s running warm or cold for this time of year, but it’s fair to say it’ll be seasonal.

By the end of the first week of September, we see the swell height creeping up to 5 ft to 7 ft on the 28th and 29th. The wind is still onshore or cross-on, so for a paddle surfer, it’s a write-off. If you’re into kite surfing and you see those northerly winds and a bit of lumpy swell, you might find some fun out there. But on a surfboard? No thanks.

There’s just no window where the wind backs off and goes offshore. The entire 16-day outlook is a gap of poor conditions. Don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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