El Muelle Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s give it to you straight for our stretch of coast. The next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag, so you gotta pick your moments. Right now, there’s a bit of a lull to start, but the ocean’s got some plans for later on.

This Monday morning at El Muelle (Cantabria) is where we kick things off. The water’s sitting at a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, about 50.7°. So that’s a little bonus. We’ve got a clean 3.9ft of swell rolling in from the southeast, and the wind’s blowing offshore from the northwest at 12 mph. It’s not huge, but it’s clean and lined up. The energy is a bit weak at 286, but for a Monday morning session, you could do a lot worse.

The afternoon cleans up a touch more, with a glassy surface and a slightly smaller 3ft from the southeast, but the period stretches out to 10 seconds, keeping some push in it. It’s a good, honest little day to get the shoulders warmed up.

Tuesday, though, it just fades away. Swell drops to nothing, down around 1.6ft in the morning and 1ft in the afternoon. The energy just dies, only hitting 93 and 65 respectively. The wind is offshore, but there’s nothing to ride. A couple of days to get other stuff done.

Wednesday brings a whisper of life back. A 2.3ft south swell at 15 seconds shows up with a moderate energy of 218. That long period is a sign of some distant groundswell, but it’s small and the afternoon changes the wind to a cross-offshore. It’s clean, but a bit average. Not a day to cancel plans for.

Thursday and Friday we are going to see a bit of a pulse, but it comes with messy conditions. Thursday turns glassy, but the swell stays small and mostly disorganized. Then Friday, the wind whips up from the southeast, howling at 25-28 mph and hitting the coast onshore. The swell does jump up a bit—from 3.6ft to 7.2ft—but with that wind on it, it’s going to be a washing machine out there. The energy starts getting serious at 460, but it’s useless for us. Saturday gets even worse; we’re looking at a 9.8ft southeast swell on the morning, but with a 22 mph onshore wind. The energy is pumping at 1229, but you’d need a death wish to paddle out in that. The afternoon drops to 8.2ft and goes cross-onshore, with a 997 energy. That’s not a surf day, that’s a stay-on-the-beach-and-watch day.

But hold on. Sunday the 13th is where it starts to get interesting. The wind swings around to a light offshore from the NNW, and that big, raw energy from the storm settles down into a clean 4.3ft of south swell, with a moderate 535 energy. The morning is looking clean. But the afternoon is the real standout. The wind comes from the north as a light cross-offshore, and the swell wraps in from the east at 4.6ft, with a 730 energy. It’s got some push and it’s going to be clean. This is the pick of the first week. El Muelle is a consistent beach/pier set-up, and it’s going to be firing on all cylinders.

Monday the 14th is still fun, but a notch down. The morning is a little uncertain, with some cloud cover and a 3.9ft east swell at 11 seconds. The wind is a cross-offshore from the NNW. It’s clean, but the tide might play a trick on you. The afternoon is better, with a solid 3.6ft and offshore NW wind at 16 mph, keeping the conditions clean. It’s a solid option.

Then we get to the big one. On Thursday the 17th, the ocean just goes off. The swell is massive, coming from the SSE. We’re talking 11.5ft of pure power, and the combined energy is a staggering 4445 in the morning and 4020 in the afternoon. The wind is light and cross-offshore, which would be perfect… but it’s simply too big for this spot. This is not a day for beginners; it’s only for the most experienced big-wave chargers. You’d be looking at a washing machine close to the pier. This is a boat day or a spectator day, not a paddle-out day.

After that, the week settles down. The surf drops back to a more manageable 5.2-6.2ft on Friday, but the wind is up again, keeping things a bit lumpy. It’s marginal. The weekend is a letdown, with weak, short-period swells and poor winds.

The long range, the second week, it just goes quiet. There’s a little blip on the morning of the 19th, with a clean 3ft south-southeast swell and a light offshore wind

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