Hornitos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the Hornitos stretch over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, looking at the whole run, we are in for a pretty quiet, marginal period. The swell is mostly small, and while there are a few windows where the conditions come together, it’s not going to be firing by any stretch. The best advice is to pick your moments carefully.

We’re starting off Friday the 11th and into Saturday the 12th, and it’s pretty lackluster. Friday is a write-off with choppy, cross-onshore winds and poor surf. Saturday the 12th, however, shows a real glimmer. The morning is glassy – dead calm with a light SSW breeze, and that’s a major positive for clean waves. The swell is a tiny 3ft from the SW with a period of 12 seconds, which is a decent groundswell. The wave energy is moderate at 237. It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary – just small, clean lines. The water is a balmy 66°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – 6° above the norm, so that's a treat.

Sunday the 13th morning is glassy again with a 4ft SW swell (9-second period), but it's a bit weaker. Still, if you want a paddle, the mornings are the only time to be out. The afternoons all week get ruined by onshore wind.

The standout, and I mean the only real standout in the whole outlook, is the morning of Tuesday the 15th of September. It’s calm, glassy conditions with a 3ft SW swell (14-second period). The combined wave energy is moderate (360). That long period will give you some nice shape, but at a beach break like Hornitos, that long-period groundswell can sometimes be a bit too straight – it’s better on a point or reef, but with the glassy conditions, it’ll be the cleanest you’ll see.

After that, it’s a long stretch of very small, ordinary surf. There are several days with nothing worth writing home about, just small waves with glassy mornings but poor afternoons. A gap of nearly a week of nothing exciting leads us to Tuesday the 22nd of September. That morning is glassy again with a 4ft SW swell and moderate energy (323). It’s the best of the second week, but still very much a small-wave option. The period is 11 seconds, so decent shape.

The rest of the run into the 26th is tiny, with swells dropping to 1ft and 2ft. It’s a quiet end to the outlook. For the experienced surfer, the 15th morning is your best bet, and for anyone wanting a clean small-wave session, the glassy mornings around the 22nd are worth a look. Crowds are sometimes an issue here, so on those small, clean days, expect a few others with the same idea.

Rusty, signing off.

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