Escollera Necochea Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming down the line for the next couple weeks.

To be straight with you, this stretch is a tough one. We're looking at a long, dry spell before anything really worth paddling out for shows up. For the next week and a half, it's mostly small, junky, or blown-out slop. Don't get your hopes up until we get into the second week.

Starting Wednesday the 2nd, we've got a tiny 1.0 ft SSW swell, but it's coming with a solid 30 km/h NW cross-offshore wind. It's clean, but there's just no power behind it. Combined energy is a weak 34. The water temp is 51°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but you'll still want a good hood and gloves.

Thursday the 3rd, the wind swings onshore and stays there for days. Friday the 4th stays in that ugly 4 ft to 5 ft cross-onshore chop. Saturday the 5th is a complete write-off. We're talking 50 to 55 km/h winds, 8 ft to 13 ft of onshore, stormy swell – combined energy readings of 1001 and 3030 tell you it's a mess. That's only for experts if they're desperate, and honestly, it looks more like a kite-surfing setup than a paddle session.

We get a small reprieve Sunday the 6th. The swell drops to 8 ft in the morning and 6 ft in the afternoon from the SSE/SE, but it's still onshore and only a marginal, almost questionable, tide situation. Not worth a special trip.

Monday the 7th is a brief tease. The wind finally clocks around to a clean NNW offshore at 20-25 km/h. The swell is a modest 4 ft from the SE with a period of 9 seconds and combined energy of 275. It'll be clean and rideable, but small and not the standout of the period. It's a Monday, so crowds are *sometimes* an issue here, but on a small day like this, you'll probably have plenty of room.

Then we hit a dead zone. From Tuesday the 8th all the way through Sunday the 13th, it's tiny. We're talking waves from 0.7 ft to 3 ft. The energy readings are in the teens and twenties. A couple of those mornings look glassy or offshore, but it's ankle-snappers at best.

Finally, we get a glimmer. Everything builds towards Tuesday, September 15th. That's the one to circle on your calendar. Tuesday morning, we get a clean 6 ft SSW swell, with a moderate N offshore breeze at 20 km/h. The combined energy jumps to 536. It's a moderate offshore, clean setup. This is for the intermediate crew – it's not too big, not too small. This is your best bet of the whole 16-day run.

The swell keeps building into Wednesday the 16th. Wednesday afternoon sees a solid 8 ft swell from the south, with a 12-second period. Combined energy is a powerful 1820. The wind is a clean, cross-offshore NW breeze. That's a lot of water moving, so it's heading into expert territory with that size. A long period like that, over 11 seconds, means proper groundswell with good shape, but at a beach-and-reef setup like this, it might want to close out a bit. Still, if you're good, Wednesday afternoon is the other real standout.

After that, Thursday the 17th is on the drop. Still a solid 5 ft to 6 ft from the south, but the wind is cross-shore and doesn't have the same sparkle.

So here's the bottom line: suffer through the first week of flatness and wind. Your mission is Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th. Those are the only real, quality windows in this forecast. The long-range call is promising, but less certain until we get closer.

Rusty.

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