El Suicidio Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s see what El Suicidio has to throw at us.

First up, the start is a real slow burner. Tuesday morning July 7th brings a 4 ft south swell with a 9-second interval, but a 15 mph cross-shore westerly breeze and a combined wave energy of only 255 means it’s choppy and poor. Tuesday afternoon actually jumps to a 6 ft south-southwest swell at 10 seconds, combined energy up to 1129 – that’s moderate energy – but the cross-wind is still 12 mph and it’s flagged as marginal. So there’s a lot of water moving, but blown out.

Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th drop off into small knee-high slop, combined energy values under 100, so basically weak wave energy. Friday afternoon July 10th looks a bit better. A 3 ft southeast swell with an 11-second period gives combined energy of 208, and glassy conditions will make it clean, but it’s still small.

The real highlight is Saturday afternoon July 11th. That 3 ft southeast swell with a very long 14-second groundswell period, combined energy of 696, and a light 6 mph west-northwest offshore breeze – that’s clean, lined-up, and the morning beforehand is even lighter with north offshore winds and a 2 ft southeast swell at 14 seconds (combined energy 369). This Saturday really shapes up as the best quality session, especially for a point break like this where that long period swell should wrap in nicely. Crowds are sometimes around.

Then it goes ugly from Sunday the 12th. Winds crank up to 22 to 25 mph from the WSW, whipping a 5 ft to 6 ft south-southeast swell into a lumpy mess. Combined energy hits 566 to 636, but with that strong cross-shore chop, it’s pretty much unsurfable. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

From Monday the 13th through mid-week we’re stuck in small, clean but ordinary conditions with waves under 3 ft. Friday July 17th morning shows a 5 ft east swell with only 6 seconds, combined energy 268, but it’s weak and gutless despite clean conditions. The following weekend stays similarly mundane with east swells around 4 ft to 5 ft and cross-offshore winds keeping things clean but average.

The tail end of the month fizzles out. July 22nd brings a 4 ft southeast swell at a short 5 seconds, 15 mph onshore wind, and combined energy just 83 – basically weak wave energy. Choppy and not worth a look.

Best bet: aim for Saturday July 11th. That’s your cleanest, most promising window. The rest? Mostly small or blown out.
Stay patient.
Rusty

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