Focene or Baraonda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Focene. I’ve looked at the whole sixteen-day stretch, and truth be told, it’s a flat spell for most of it. We’ve got a long, quiet run ahead with barely a ripple until we get past the first week of August. That first real chance to get wet doesn’t show up until the morning of Wednesday the 12th, and even then it’s not exactly lighting the world on fire.

The water’s sitting at a very unusual 83°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a real treat if you’re leaving the wetsuit at home.

For most of the first week and a half, the combined swell energy is either zero or in the single digits. Thursday the 31st of July morning sees a tiny 2ft swell from the WNW with a period of just 5 seconds, and combined energy of 14. That’s weak, and the afternoon gets blown out by a strong onshore W wind at 15 mph. Not worth paddling out for.

We get a glassy Sunday morning on the 2nd of August with a 2ft swell from the NW, but it’s still short period and the energy is only 13. It’s clean, but there’s nothing behind it.

The real standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Wednesday the 12th of August. We see a clean, cross-offshore wind from the NE at 9 mph, with a 2ft swell from the W at a period of 5 seconds. The combined energy is a bit higher at 15, but still very weak. It’s the best looking window of the whole run, and only for a short time. That morning is your best bet, but keep your expectations low.

Then on the 13th of August, Thursday morning, we get the highest energy of the whole forecast. A 2ft swell from the W with a 6-second period, and combined energy of 55. That’s still only a moderate, weak-to-moderate energy reading, but it’s the biggest of the bunch. The wind is a light cross-off from the ENE at 6 mph. It’s described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s clean, but the swell is tiny.

This is a tough outlook for Focene. A long gap of no real surf until the second week, and then only small, weak swells with short periods. The best session is likely the morning of Wednesday the 12th, followed by Thursday the 13th. Neither will give you much to ride, but they’ll be clean and you’ll have the place almost to yourself.

Rusty.

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