Izquierda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surf’s up... or not. Let’s be straight with you. Right now, the ocean is doing its best impression of a washing machine and not in a good way.

For the next week and a half, it’s a no-go. We’ve got onshore northerly winds blowing straight into the break, making everything a chopped-up mess. The swell is weak and confused, with energy readings down in the dumps – we’re looking at 157, 144, 132... nothing that’ll get your heart racing. It’s just a whole lot of nothing. The water temp at Izquierda is about average for this time of year, so no shock there, but the surf is just poor. You’d be better off waxing your board or just staring at the horizon.

The first couple of days of August are a write-off. We see some swell pulse but it’s short-period, wind-blown junk. The direction is all over the place, from NW to N, but the energy is weak. This isn’t even a "wait for the next set" kind of day; it’s a "go do something else" kind of week.

Around the 10th of August, we start to see a little more life. The energy numbers climb a bit – 191, then 298, 271 – but it’s still poor surf conditions. The wind is still on it, the period is short. It’s just more of the same, just slightly bigger. It's frustrating to watch.

Then, the 13th of August starts to look a little more interesting. The swell bumps up to 5ft and the energy is getting into the 300s – 327 and 351. But the period is only 7 seconds, which is just not long enough for this reef to set up properly. It’s going to be a messy, lumpy, blown-out mess. For an expert, it might be a challenge, but for anyone else, you're just getting tossed around. The wave direction is still from the north, which is where the wind is coming from. That’s a recipe for close-outs at a spot like this.

The one day that catches my eye is the 14th of August. The swell is still around 5ft, the energy is strong – 315 to 339 – but the period ticks up to 8 seconds. Still, that's not enough to make this reef sing. With that onshore wind at 19 mph, it’s going to be a skating rink out there. This is definitely not a beginner's day. At this size and with this wind, it's a bumpy, challenging wave, and honestly, it's looking more like it could be fun on a kiteboard than a surfboard.

So, the long and short of it is: there are no real standouts in this 16-day window. The best of a bad bunch would be the 13th and 14th of August, and even then, that's not saying much. It's a long, flat, blown-out stretch for a while there. But hey, it’s not always like this. Forecasts change. If we get a few of those standard longer-period NW pulses and the wind backs off, this place will wake right up. Don't hang up your boards just yet, but don't get your hopes up for the next week.

Stay salty.

Rusty

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