El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this straight. It’s a tough 16 days ahead for El Comedor. I’m looking at the charts and honestly, there’s almost nothing to get excited about. The whole run is a write-off for any decent session.

The first surf on offer is this Sunday morning, 23 August, but it’s a waste of time. Swell is a weak 3 ft from the north, period a mediocre 10 seconds, and the water is a touch warmer than normal at 76°. The energy is barely there, only 267. The wind is light offshore from the NNE, so it’s clean, but the wave comment says it all: marginal. It’s a reef setup that only works on a perfect NNW swell, and this ain’t it.

That Sunday afternoon and the next few days just get worse. Monday, 24 August, shows a bump in size to 6 ft from the NNW with a 12-second period, and the energy jumps to 887, but the wind turns cross-on and the conditions are already marked as poor. The same story repeats right through the rest of the week and into the second week. By Tuesday, 25 August, it’s 5 ft from the north, 10-second period, but still a moderate breeze ruining it.

From Wednesday, 26 August, through to the end of the period, every single session is flagged as poor surf conditions. The wind is either onshore or cross-on, the swell is small and short-period, and the energy never gets strong enough to overcome the bad wind. We see a brief spike in energy on Saturday, 29 August, with 6 ft from the NNW and a 11-second period, energy hitting 1093, but it’s paired with a 16 mph cross-on wind. That’s a messy, choppy mess at a reef.

There’s a big gap of nothing good here. From Sunday morning, 23 August, all the way through to Monday, 7 September, there is not a single session that scores above a 0. The only chance is that first Sunday morning, and even that is a 1 out of 10.

For a spot like El Comedor, which is a consistent reef, this is a total flat spell. It’s a consistent break that usually picks up swell, but the wind and swell direction are just all wrong. The optimum swell is from the NNW, and while we get some of that, the wind is always on it.

If you’re a kite surfer, the bigger afternoons with 6 ft to 7 ft and a strong cross-on breeze might look interesting, but for a paddle surfer, there’s nothing worth the drive. This is a rare blank run for this area.

Rusty.

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