Focene or Baraonda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gutted, folks. I've looked through the whole 16-day window and I've got to be straight with you: there is nothing on the calendar that gets the heart racing. Not a single day where I'd tell you to drop everything and paddle out. It's a flat spell, plain and simple. We're staring down two and a half weeks of tiny, short-period dribble and a whole lot of onshore wind. It's going to be a tough run for anyone chasing a wave.

The only spot on the map is Focene or Baraonda, a beginner-friendly beach break that’s fairly consistent. But even it can't dig us out of this hole. The water's sitting at 84°, which is more than three degrees warmer than it should be for this time of year – that’s bloody unusual and just adds to the weird, sleepy feel of the whole setup.

Let's run through it. The first few days are dead. Sunday the 2nd has a tiny 1ft swell with a short 4-second period and a cross-on wind – just messy. Monday the 3rd is a write-off, and Tuesday the 4th, while glassy in the morning, barely has a ripple (combined energy of all swells directed here: 1). Wednesday the 5th through Sunday the 9th stays small, with the swell hovering around 1ft to 2ft with periods of 5 or 6 seconds. The mornings bring some clean cross-off winds, but the afternoons get chopped up by onshores. It’s only really on Saturday the 8th that we see the most energy all week (combined energy of all swells directed here: 34), but even that only bumps the swell to a feeble 2ft from the WSW. It's still not enough to push through and do anything fun.

The following week is more of the same, or worse. From Monday the 10th through to the 17th, the swell stays in the 0.3ft to 2ft range, with periods bouncing between a dismal 3 and 8 seconds. There’s a moment on the 16th where the period stretches out to 8 seconds, a bit more of a groundswell, but it’s still only 0.7ft – you could drown in it without noticing. The constant afternoon onshores from the WSW and W don't help, making any hope of a glassy session a morning-only proposition, and even then, there's just nothing to ride. Monday the 17th sees a little more push with 2ft from the south, but the onshore wind kills any potential.

So, there you have it. No standouts, no hidden gems. For the next couple of weeks, it's a blank run. This isn't a huge surprise for this stretch of coast – it can go flat like this. Keep the board in the car just in case a rogue pulse shows up, but don't hold your breath. Forecasts can change, and this stretch has been consistent before, so it won't stay this way forever. But for now, this is as dead as it gets.

Rusty.

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