Huascar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming our way.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are a bit of a grind for surf at Huascar. It's a point break that needs a good NW swell to really fire, but we're stuck with a persistent SW swell for the entire outlook. That means it's not going to be a classic, and for the first few days, it's pretty ordinary. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so the wetsuit call is standard.

Starting out, Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st are write-offs. We've got 4 ft to 5 ft of weak, short-period swell from the WSW/SW with a moderate cross-breeze kicking up a chop. The wave energy is in the moderate range, but the conditions are just too messy to bother.

We creep into Tuesday and Wednesday with swell dropping a touch, still around 3 ft to 5 ft, and the wind lightens up. It's still just "marginal" at best, with a persistent cross-shore wind. Not worth getting excited about.

Then, a glimmer. Friday the 4th of September morning looks like the standout of the whole run. We get clean, glassy conditions with the wind dropping to nothing. The swell holds at a clean 4 ft from the SW with a long 15-second period, pushing the wave energy up. That's the morning to wake up early for. The afternoon stays clean but the wind swings a little cross-shore, so the session will have a shelf life. This is the highlight, but it's a long way out, so keep an eye on it.

After that Friday morning, it's back to a long run of marginal or poor surf. We see a few pulses of longer-period groundswell (15-18 seconds) around Thursday the 3rd and again on Monday the 7th, but the heights are small—under 3 ft—and the winds are cross-shore, so it’s not going to offer much shape. The energy drops off, which is pretty weak. The window from the afternoon of the 5th through to the 14th is pretty much a bust, with a lot of poor conditions, building wind, and small, crumbly swell. A couple of days around the 12th and 13th show the swell bumping back up to 4 ft-5 ft, but period is short (7-8 seconds) and the wind is howling 16-22 mph onshore, so it'll be a mess. That setup is more for the kite crew than us.

So, bottom line: get out Friday morning the 4th of September for the cleanest, longest period swell on offer. The rest is a waiting game.

- Rusty

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