El Palito Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I've got the straight-up on what's cooking for your local stretch. Let's be real, we're looking at a pretty grim run ahead.

We've got the one spot, El Palito, to work with, and frankly, it's a tough period. The first week is basically a write-off. From Sunday the 12th right through to the end of the week, we're looking at a handful of tiny, weak swells hitting, but it's all blown out or just straight-up poor conditions. The swell energy is barely registering, with readings like 91 and 97 (very weak), and the period is only 7 seconds, so it's all wind junk. The wind is a mess – mostly cross-onshore or onshore, and mixed with afternoon thunderstorms. The water temp is sitting at 82°F, which feels about what you’d expect for this time of year, no big anomaly there. It's a heart breaker.

Then we hit a big, quiet gap. From the afternoon of the 15th all the way through to the morning of the 22nd of July, there is absolutely nothing. Zilch. No swell, no hope. For a spot that's only *fairly consistent*, this long blank run is pretty normal when the charts are this flat.

There are two tiny glimmers, but I wouldn't call them "standouts" in any real sense. The first is very early on the morning of Wednesday the 22nd. For a few hours, we get a bit of a window. The wind switches to glassy, completely calm, at 0 mph. That's about as clean as it gets. The swell is small, only 3 ft from the NE with a period of 7 seconds, and the energy is a weak 86. You’ll get tiny, clean little waves at El Palito. It’s a beginner spot, so this is about as user-friendly as it gets – small and clean. The second is the morning of Friday the 24th of July. A light offshore wind from the SSW at 6 mph will clean up a similar 3 ft, 7-second, NE swell. It'll look pretty, but again, it's tiny and ordinary.

That's the lot. Except for those two very short, very small windows, the next two and a half weeks are a desert. The surf just isn't here.

- Rusty

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