El Comedor Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into what's happening with El Comedor over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you—this isn't looking like a good run for paddle surfing. The whole 16-day window is pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions starting now, right through until the end of the period. There’s no standout, quality surf on offer here.

For the first week, from September 7th right through to the 12th, the wind is howling from the NNE at 12 to 13 mph, and it’s mostly onshore or cross-onshore. That’s ruining any chance of clean waves. Swell is hanging around 5 ft to 6 ft, coming from the NNE with a short, weak period of just 7 seconds. The combined energy is moderate, reading between 204 and 557, but it doesn’t matter with that wind. It’s just messy and choppy. On September 13th and 14th, the wind eases off a bit—finally some lighter breezes—and the swell direction swings around to the NNW. The height drops to 2 ft to 3 ft, but the period stretches out to 12–13 seconds, which is a proper groundswell. The energy is still moderate (229–280), but the forecast calls it “marginal” and the swell is tiny. Not worth paddling out for.

From September 16th onward, the wind picks up hard again from the N and NNE, hitting 12–16 mph. Swell builds to 6 ft, then 7 ft, and by September 18th it’s hitting 8 ft with moderate energy climbing to 906. But it’s all onshore wind, poor conditions, and that wind is ramping up. That 8 ft is too big for beginners anyway, but with that wind it’s a complete mess. After that, it tapers off back down to 3 ft to 3 ft by the 21st and 22nd, still with onshore wind.

The water temp anomaly here is average for the time of year, so don’t worry about a cold snap. But honestly, with the constant onshore wind and poor surf quality across the whole board, this setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than for paddle surfing. There’s just nothing here for us wave riders. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, this is a blank run for the area.

Rusty.

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