El Sardinero - Segunda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break this down. It’s a slow start, but there’s a definite window of clean, fun surf if you time it right. We’re starting flat, so don’t rush down there now. Give it a couple of days.

The first real whisper of life shows up on Saturday morning. The swell builds to a clean 5ft from the northwest, with a period of 9 seconds. The wind is dead glass, which is exactly what you want to see. The energy is moderate at 376, and it’s going to feel a lot better than the dribble we’ve had. This is a good one to mark on the calendar.

El Sardinero - Segunda is the only spot in the game for this whole period, so all that northwest swell is headed right for its fairly exposed banks. The water’s a touch warmer than normal for late August, coming in at 72° – that’s about 2° above average, so you can get away with a thinner suit.

Saturday afternoon will still be okay, but the wind swings a bit cross-on. The real gem is Sunday morning. We’ve got another dose of 5ft of northwest groundswell, period bumping up to a nice 10 seconds, and the wind is glassy again. The energy’s solid at 348. That’s clean, lined-up, proper surf. Monday morning looks like a repeat of that same clean pulse – 5ft, 10 seconds, glassy, with energy at 365. This is your best window, right here from Sunday to Monday morning. If you can only paddle out once, make it one of these mornings.

The swell drops off a bit after that, and the wind gets a little funkier with some rain around. There’s still a little push, but it’s more ordinary, not really worth getting excited about. Then we hit a proper flat spell mid-week. From Thursday onwards it goes dead, and for a good few days there’s nothing surfable. The energy readings drop to almost zero, so don’t bother even looking at it.

There’s a small pulse due back around the 7th of September – it’s a modest 4ft from the northwest, but the mornings are looking a bit wind-affected. By the 8th and 9th, we see some cleaner energy, but it’s nothing to write home about. And right at the end of the outlook, the 10th morning shows some potential with 4ft and a 9-second period, but the wind is questionable.

So the bottom line is: this week has two or three stand-out mornings. The energy isn’t huge, but the conditions will be clean and the waves will have some push to them. Get out there for the glassy Sunday or Monday morning sessions. The long-range stuff is promising but less certain, so don’t pin all your hopes on it. It’s a beach and rocks set-up, so when it’s clean, it’ll be fun. When it’s not, it’s not.

That’s what I’m seeing. Have fun, and be safe.

Rusty

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