El Penon Amador Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s happening for the next couple of weeks at El Penon Amador.

It’s a tough stretch, I gotta be straight with you. This is an advanced reef break that needs a specific north swell and clean offshore wind from the SSE to really fire, but we are looking at a solid 16 days with nothing worth paddling out for. The surf is just not on. Every single session in the forecast comes up as poor surf conditions, and there isn’t a single recommendation to get wet.

For the first week, through the 14th of September, the swell sticks to the east and ENE, with heights mostly between 3 ft and 5 ft. The periods are short, mostly 7 to 8 seconds, so the wave energy is weak to moderate at best. That’s just not enough grunt for an advanced spot that really needs the right direction. On top of that, the wind is cross or cross-off from the ENE and E, never swinging into the optimal offshore SSE. There’s no clean, glassy window.

We roll into the second week, from the 15th all the way to the 22nd, and it’s more of the same. Swell drops off even more, mostly under 3 ft, with a bunch of sessions barely registering meaningful energy. You get a couple of brief clean windows with cross-off wind on the afternoon of the 15th and 17th of September, but with swell coming from the N and ENE and only 0.3 ft to 3 ft, it’s not enough to even bother.

The water temp is running about average for this time of year, but with the easterly trade winds blowing every day and bumpy cross-chop, the ocean just looks messy.

Bottom line: there are zero standouts here. This is a blank run for the area, and given the way the wind and swell are lining up against this break, it’s going to be a quiet couple of weeks. Kite surfers might have more fun if the wind holds, but for a paddler, it’s a hard pass.

Rusty, signing off.

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