Huascar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it. The good news is we’ve got some solid, clean swell on the way, but you’ll need to be patient and pick your moments.

We’re looking at Huascar, a consistent advanced point break that loves a NW swell direction. The water temp is sitting at 64° with a positive anomaly of 3°, so a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – nice for that early morning paddle out.

The best window kicks off on Monday the 6th of July, but honestly, Monday morning is only marginal. There’s a 5ft SW swell with a long 16-second period, so it’s a proper groundswell with good energy. The combined energy is solid at 1052, but a 12 mph cross-southwest wind is going to mess up the surface with a cross-chop. Monday afternoon isn’t much better.

Tuesday the 7th is a write-off for the most part, with poor conditions and small swell. Wednesday the 8th morning is glassy but the swell is tiny at 2ft with weak energy. You’d be scratching for anything.

The real standout comes Friday the 10th of July. Friday morning at Huascar is where it’s at. We’ll have a clean, glassy surface – dead calm – with a 3ft SW swell running at a long 13 seconds. Now, you might think 3ft is small, but with that period, the energy jumps to 519, indicating moderate wave energy and better shaped waves. For a point like Huascar, that long period groundswell wrapping in is going to produce some lined-up, rideable runners. The offshore is from the west-southwest, which is cross-offshore and will keep things clean. It’s the best call of the whole 16 days. Just be aware, crowds are a possibility here at times.

The Saturday the 11th morning still has some decent 4ft SW swell with 664 energy, but the wind is cross-onshore, so it won’t be as pristine as Friday.

After that, things drop right off. From Sunday the 12th all the way through to the 21st of July, we are looking at a serious dry spell. Small, weak swells, mostly poor conditions, and very little to get excited about. There’s a tiny blip on the 16th with some 3ft SW swell and 223 energy, but it’s still marginal. The long-range stuff around the 21st shows some weak pulses in the 2ft range with moderate energy, but nothing that screams “go.”

So, bottom line: don’t bother with the first half of the week. Point the car towards Huascar for sunrise on Friday the 10th for the cleanest, most lined-up waves of the outlook.

Rusty.

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