El Porto Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and messy for the most part. We’ve got a few tiny windows where it might be worth paddling out, but this is not a period for planning your life around. Let’s break it down day by day.

The run starts off with some small but clean surf on Saturday the 5th. El Porto Beach is seeing a 2.6ft SW groundswell with a long 16-second period. The water is a balmy 72°, which is *much warmer than normal* for this time of year – that’s a real treat. The energy is moderate at 567, but the surf is pretty marginal. There’s a light WSW breeze, so it won’t be a total mess, but don’t expect any fireworks. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, so it could be a fun, gentle session, but I wouldn't call it a standout.

Now, Sunday the 6th is where your best bet lies. The morning dawns glassy with a light ENE breeze, and that same 2.6ft SSW swell is still in the water. But it’s the afternoon that gets me excited. The wind goes glassy again out of the ESE, and the swell bumps up to 3.6ft from the S with a 14-second period. The energy is a solid 524. This is looking like the cleanest, most user-friendly surf of the whole period. Expect some fun, rippable little waves down at El Porto. This is your window.

Monday the 7th is a step down. The morning has a bit more size at 3ft but the wind is onshore from the W, making it lumpy. The afternoon gets worse, with a stronger WSW onshore breeze and poor conditions. This one is best to skip.

The rest of that first week is pretty forgettable. Tuesday the 8th starts with a weak 2.6ft SSW swell and a cross-on breeze, and just gets messier in the afternoon. Wednesday the 9th has a tiny 1.3ft glassy ripple in the morning with a super long 19-second period, but it’s so small it’s barely worth a mention. The afternoons turn onshore and choppy. Thursday the 10th is more of the same – small, junky, and crossed-up. Friday the 11th does offer a brief window with clean conditions in the morning on a 2.3ft SW swell with a cross-off breeze, but it’s pretty weak.

Then we hit a real lull. From Saturday the 12th through to Thursday the 17th, there are long stretches of nothing worth paddling out for. We’re looking at waves under 3.3ft, mostly with poor onshore or cross-shore winds. A few mornings have a clean look, like the 12th and 16th, but the swell is just too small to create any real push. It's a seven-day dry spell, folks. You’ll be better off waxing your boards and watching the cams.

Toward the end of the run, there’s a glimmer of something in the deep forecast. On Saturday the 19th, the morning sees the swell jump up to 5.2ft, but it's a short-period W windswell with 7-second intervals, and it's crossed-up with an onshore wind. That’s more of a messy, drifty mess than surfable waves. On Sunday the 20th, there's a bit of a bump with a longer period SW swell, but it's still small and crossed-up.

So, here's the long and short of it: make the most of Sunday the 6th in the afternoon at El Porto (El Porto Beach). That’s the one true standout. The rest is mostly a waiting game. If you're a beginner, the conditions later on the 19th might be a bit much – that 5.2ft is pushing it. And with all this wind and short-period swell, the beach break might be a bit more interesting for the kite crew than us paddle-surfers.

The forecast is reliable for the next few days, so get on it while it’s good. As for that far-off stuff, it's promising to see some energy returning, but it's too early to get excited.

Stay salty.

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