El Lloret Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this 16-day window for El Lloret is a real tough one. We’ve got a solid run of swell, but the wind is just making a mess of it for most of the period. The water’s sitting at 74°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only nice thing going on.

The first possible surf shows up on Friday, July 17th, with a 5ft swell from the NE, but it’s a short-period 7 seconds and the wind is cross-on from the NNE at 12 mph. The wave energy is only moderate (161), and the conditions are poor – choppy and messy. Not a day to get excited about. This same pattern of onshore wind and poor surf carries right through the weekend and into the following week. The swell builds, reaching 7ft by Monday the 20th, with wave energy climbing to 487 (moderate), but the wind is still on it, blowing 16 mph from the N or NNE. It’s all onshore, making for a lumpy, bumpy surface.

The swell keeps pumping through the 21st to the 24th, with heights between 6ft and 7ft, and wave energy staying in the 400-500 range. Still, the wind is relentless from the N or NNW, keeping the surf poor. On Saturday, July 25th, we get a bit of a size bump – 7ft to 8ft – and wave energy jumps to 686 (moderate), but the wind goes cross-on again, so it’s still choppy.

Now, the standout – and I use the term loosely – is the morning of Sunday, July 26th. The swell jumps to 10ft from the NNE, with a period of 9 seconds, and the wave energy hits 1376 (strong). The wind is onshore from the N at 12 mph, but the report calls it “marginal” due to questionable tide conditions. This is big, powerful stuff – well over 8ft, so it’s steep and only for experts. The period is average, so it’s not going to be particularly clean or well-shaped, and with the wind on it, it’ll be a battle. That said, if you’re an experienced surfer and you know the reef setup at El Lloret, there might be a window. The reef at El Lloret is consistent, so it does handle swell well, but the onshore wind is the killer.

After that, the swell drops back to 8ft and then 8ft on the 27th and 28th, with wave energy still strong (over 1000), but the wind stays onshore. The rest of the period through to August 1st sees swell around 7ft to 8ft, with moderate wave energy, but the wind is always on it – never a proper offshore day. The crowds are listed as “often” at El Lloret, so on a rare good day, you’d have company, but that’s not the issue here.

Honestly, there’s no true standout. The whole 16 days is a write-off for quality surfing. The swell is there, but the wind is relentless from the north or north-northeast, hammering the coast. If you’re a kite surfer, this setup might actually look interesting with that consistent onshore wind and decent swell, but for paddle surfing, it’s a no-go. We’ll have to wait for a shift in the weather pattern.

Rusty.

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