El Roque Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. Monday morning at El Roque is about as good as it’s gonna get for a while, so don’t sleep on it. We’ve got a clean 4.3ft of NNE swell rolling in with an 8-second period, and the wind is dead glassy out of the WSW. That’s proper clean surf, the kind where the line-up feels a bit more open. The energy is weak though, sitting at 287, so it’s not a stormy grind, just a fun, playful wave. It’s a reef, so it’ll have a bit of shape to it. This is the standout for the whole stretch, no doubt. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing out of the ordinary there.

Monday afternoon, the wind switches onshore from the north at 10 km/h, and the swell drops slightly to 3.9ft. It gets a bit more questionable, tide-dependent, and the clean sheen is gone. Not the call.

Tuesday sees the swell back off significantly. Morning is 2.3ft from the NNW with a longer 11-second period and a light cross-on breeze. It’s small and the energy drops to 191. It’s poor surf, not really worth paddling out for. Tuesday afternoon is even smaller at 2ft with a 10-second period. The window is closing fast.

Wednesday is small too, 2.6ft in the morning and 3ft in the afternoon, with short 7-second periods. The wind is onshore and bumpy, making it messy. Poor conditions, and the energy is weak. This is a write-off.

Thursday things pick up in size but the quality tanks. We’re looking at 5.6ft to 5.9ft of NNE swell with a short 7-second period, but the wind is blowing 25 km/h onshore. It’s going to be a jumbled mess. Lots of energy in the water (317-394) but it’s all over the place. Not for the faint-hearted, and definitely not clean.

Friday morning brings the biggest swell of the period, 6.2ft from the NNE with a 10-second period. The combined energy jumps to 775, which is moderate to strong, but the wind is still onshore at 25 km/h. It’s going to be powerful but ugly. Friday afternoon drops slightly to 5.9ft from the N, but the wind backs off a little to 20 km/h. Still onshore, still poor. At this size, with that wind, it’s only for the experienced crew. Beginners should sit this one out.

Saturday sees the swell easing to 5.2ft in the morning and 4.9ft in the afternoon, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy. It’s marginal at best. Not a great look.

Sunday is smaller again, 3.9ft in the morning, dropping to 2ft by the afternoon. There’s a bit of a longer period swell showing up in the afternoon (14 seconds from the NNW) but the energy is weak. It’s still cross-onshore and marginal. Not worth getting excited about.

Monday the 21st, the surf is tiny, 1.3ft in the morning but with an 18-second period. That’s a long-period groundswell, but there’s no size behind it. It’s a tease. The afternoon is 2.3ft with a 16-second period but the wind gets onshore. Poor.

Tuesday the 22nd, we get a bit more size, 3.6ft from the NNW with a nice 14-second period in the morning and 13 seconds in the afternoon. The energy is moderate at 530-527, but the wind is onshore. It’s still marginal, and the long period might make it a bit weird at the reef. There’s potential but the wind is holding it back.

Wednesday the 23rd, the swell drops back to 2.6ft in the morning and 2.3ft in the afternoon. The period is still good at 12 seconds, but the wind is cross-onshore. It’s small and clean-ish but not really surfable.

From Thursday the 24th through the 26th, we’ve got a run of small surf, 1.3ft to 3.6ft. The energy is weak to moderate. There’s a longer period swell showing up from the NW on the 25th and 26th, with 16-second and 13-second periods, but the size just isn’t there. The wind is onshore or cross-onshore. Poor conditions, not worth the paddle.

By the 27th, it’s still small, 3ft in the morning and 2.6ft in the afternoon. The period is 12 seconds, so there’s some push, but the wind is onshore and the quality is poor.

Finally, on Monday the 28th, we get a slight bump up to 4.6-4.9ft from the NNW with an 11-12 second period. The energy is moderate, around 578-625, but the wind is cross

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