Izquierda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what we’ve got on the horizon for Izquierda.

Honestly, it’s a tough stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window looks pretty grim. We’re looking at a solid run of poor surf conditions with no real standout days to get excited about. The wind is persistently onshore from the north, which is going to trash the surface almost every single session. The swell is there, but it’s all short-period, onshore windswell, and the conditions are just never clean.

Let’s start from the beginning. Wednesday the 22nd has a clean 5ft swell from the north, but with a 19 mph onshore wind, it’s a complete write-off. Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th are more of the same – 5ft to 6ft of north swell, but the wind is cranking onshore at 19 to 22 mph. The water temp is sitting at 72°, which is about normal for this time of year.

Saturday the 25th sees the swell bump up to 6ft, and the combined energy jumps to a moderate 425, but the wind is a strong 25 mph onshore. That’s just messy, dangerous, and not fun for anyone. It’s a beach-and-reef setup, but with that kind of wind and swell, it’s looking more like a kite surfer’s playground than a paddle surfer’s dream.

The pattern holds through the end of July and into the first week of August. Sunday the 26th has 7ft of north swell, but again, 22 mph onshore winds. The swell drops off a bit heading into the 28th and 29th, down to 4ft, but the wind is still onshore.

There’s a tiny flicker of something different on Monday the 5th of August. A 3ft swell from the west-northwest, with a period of 12 seconds. That’s a long-period groundswell, which is a better quality wave, but it’s small and the wind is still a cross-onshore 16 mph. The combined energy is 258, which is moderate, but the size is just too small to get excited about.

In short, there’s nothing good to chase. The wind is relentless, the swell is junky, and the conditions are consistently poor. Sometimes it just doesn’t come together.

Rusty.

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