El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s on the table for El Comedor over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a bit of a rough stretch, but there is a little light at the end of the tunnel, so don’t write it off just yet.

Right now, we’re in a bit of a dry spell. From Thursday the 3rd of September all the way through to the morning of Thursday the 17th of September, there’s simply nothing worth paddling out for. That’s a proper gap of almost two weeks where the conditions are pretty grim. The wind is either onshore or cross-onshore almost the whole time, the swell is messy, and the wave heights bounce around between 2 ft and 7 ft, but it’s all just wind-affected, short-period junk. The combined energy values are all over the place – from weak 74 up to a strong 707 on the morning of the 13th – but that energy is wasted with poor winds and that horrible onshore chop. The swell is mostly out of the NNE, which is fine for El Comedor, but the wind just won’t cooperate. For a few days around the 8th and 9th, the swell hits 7 ft with a period of 8 seconds, but with those cross-onshore winds, it’s just a choppy, blown-out mess. Great for kite surfing if you’re into that, but not for a surfboard.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. After that long, frustrating wait, on Friday the 18th of September, we finally get a real window. It’s a morning session only, but it could be the standout of the entire forecast. The swell drops in at 4 ft from the NNE, with a nice, long 10-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy. The real kicker is the wind: glassy. Dead flat, not a breath of air, so the surface will be like a mirror. The combined energy sits at a solid 320, which is moderate but given the clean conditions, the waves will have shape and push to them. For an expert reef break like El Comedor, that’s a beautiful call. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

So, if you can wait, the morning of Friday the 18th is your only real shot. It’s a way off, so lock it in your mind, but remember – forecasts that far out can shift. Still, as it stands, that’s the one to circle on the calendar. For the rest of it? Honestly, save your energy and don’t bother checking the cam until then.

Rusty.

Read more