Jameos del Agua Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: this 16-day window for Lanzarote is a tough one. The only break on the radar is Jameos del Agua, and honestly, the conditions are a bit of a mess for most of the run. The wind is persistently cross or cross-on, and the surf quality is consistently labelled as poor. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting at 75°F, but that’s about the only thing going for it.

We kick off on Tuesday the 25th of August. The swell is there, with a solid 5ft from the north, but it’s a short-period windswell at 10 seconds, and the cross-shore wind is a fresh 19 mph. The water’s a bit lumpy and choppy, and the combined energy is moderate at 509. This is not a day for a longboard cruise; it’s a choppy, bumpy grind. The afternoon sees the swell drop a touch to 5ft, but the wind stays on the cross. No good.

Moving into Wednesday the 26th, the swell drops further to 3ft with an even shorter period of 8 seconds. The cross-shore wind is still there at 16 mph. Energy drops to 156. Thursday the 27th is a write-off for surf, with the swell down to 1ft in the morning. By Friday the 28th, the swell picks up again to 6ft, but the wind shifts to a cross-on 22 mph, making for lumpy, bumpy conditions.

The weekend has a bit of size. Saturday the 29th sees 8ft of north swell with a very long period of 11 seconds, which is proper groundswell. The combined energy is strong at 1219. But again, the wind is cross-on at 22 mph, turning what could be a beautiful wave into a messy wall. This is a wave for experienced surfers only, as it’s over 7ft, and the wind is a problem. For a reef break, a long-period north swell is good, but the wind is wrong. It’s more of a kite-surfing show than a paddle session. Sunday the 30th is similar, but the swell drops to 6ft, and the wind is still cross.

The first week of September is more of the same: persistent cross-shore winds and swell sizes that fluctuate between 5ft and 8ft. The energy is moderate to strong, but it’s all ruined by the wind. There is a small window on the morning of Thursday the 4th of September, with lighter 9 mph cross-on winds from the ENE, but the swell is 8ft, so it’s still a big, choppy beast for experts only.

Finally, on Tuesday the 8th of September, we see a shift. The swell drops to just 3ft, but the period stretches to 12 seconds from the NNW. The energy is still moderate at 610, but the wind is a moderate cross-shore. This is a small, clean-ish groundswell, but it’s tiny. Then on Wednesday the 9th, the swell picks back up to 6ft from the NNE with an 8-second period, and the wind is a moderate cross-shore again. The energy is 620. Still not clean.

To be honest, there is no standout session in this entire run. The wind is the enemy here. The closest thing to a decent paddle is the morning of the 4th of September, but it’s still a cross-on wind on a big, powerful wave. For a better bet, you’d be looking at the 8th of September for a small, clean window, but it’s barely worth the wetsuit. The forecast is reliable for the near term, but the long-range looks more of the same.

Sorry, folks, but this is a blank run for Lanzarote. It’s more normal for this area when the wind locks in like this. The forecasts can change, but for now, I’d give it a miss.

Rusty.

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