Isla Negra Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, it’s been a slow old start for Isla Negra. The first few days are pretty lackluster, with only tiny, weak waves and ordinary conditions. We’ve got to wait through a dead patch until the end of the week before anything really starts to happen.

Wednesday the 24th is where the story changes though. The combined energy from the swells jumps right up to (907), pushing in a solid *6ft* swell from the west at 11 seconds. That’s a proper step up in energy. There’s a bit of light rain around and a gentle cross-shore breeze, so it’s not going to be perfect, but the size is there. It’s going to be too much for most beginners, and the crowds at Isla Negra are *sometimes* an issue anyway. For experienced surfers, this one has some grunt.

Thursday the 25th might be the real standout of the whole run though. The swell holds near *6ft* from the west, with the period stretching out to 13 seconds – that’s a nice, long groundswell. The energy gets very strong, hitting (1230). It’s a reef break, so that long period will really draw into the point. The wind is a bit cross-onshore from the north, and the combined energy is so high (noted 5 digits) that it’s a lot of power. Still, that’s the day with the most potential; it will be proper, powerful stuff for the experts.

After that peak, the swell slowly drops back through the 26th and 27th with cleaner, smaller surf, then fades right out into flat, poor conditions by the end of the month. The end of the month sees the combined energy barely register a 2, so really, it’s a story of one big push mid-week.

Keep in mind, most of the good days have a slight cross-off or cross-on element to the wind, not the glassy perfection we’d dream of. But that Thursday morning on the 25th, for a thick, long-period west swell at Isla Negra – that’s the one to circle.

Rusty.

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