El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for El Comedor.

Straight up, this is a tough one. The forecast is giving us a solid 16-day window, but there’s a long, quiet gap right at the start. From Thursday the 9th right through the weekend of the 13th, it’s pretty much a dead loss. The swell is tiny, weak, and the wind is blowing straight onshore. The combined energy barely scratches 100 (80), and the waves are just poor. You’d be wasting your time.

Things start to get a bit more interesting around Sunday the 12th, but even then, the wave comment is still "poor surf conditions". The swell picks up to 4ft from the NNW with a period of 10 seconds, and the energy jumps to 285, but the wind is still onshore from the north. It’s just not clean.

The real story here is the second week. From Thursday the 16th onwards, we see a solid pulse of swell. It builds from 6ft (353 energy) up to a solid 8ft (1093 energy) by Friday the 24th of July. That’s a lot of water moving around. The swell direction is consistently from the NNE, and the period is between 7 and 9 seconds. This is a short-period, wind-driven swell, not a clean groundswell.

Now, the problem is the wind. For most of that period, it’s onshore from the N or NNE at 12 to 15 mph. That’s going to chop it up and make it messy. The water temp is about 72°, with a normal anomaly, so that’s fine.

El Comedor is a reef break, and it’s rated as expert-only. With swell over 8ft on the 24th, that’s serious, heavy water. It’s consistent, and the optimum swell direction is NNW, but we’re getting NNE. That’s a bit of a mismatch, so it won’t be at its best. The offshore wind is from the south, which we don’t get at all here. It’s onshore the whole time.

Given the strong onshore winds and the short-period, wind-driven swell, this setup honestly looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The waves will be there, but they’ll be bumpy and hard to get a good clean wall on. For a surfer, it’s a tough call. The best you could hope for is maybe a window on the 21st or 22nd of July when the swell drops back to 5ft to 5ft, and the wind is a bit lighter, but it’s still cross-onshore. It’s not a standout.

So, to be blunt: there’s no true standout in this 16-day window for El Comedor. The first week is flat, and the second week is messy with onshore wind and a swell that doesn’t match the break’s ideal direction. If you’re an expert and you’re desperate, the 24th of July has the size, but it’ll be a battle.

Rusty.

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