Joaquina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. I’m looking at the next 16 days for Joaquina, and I’ll be honest – it’s a quiet stretch. There’s no big swell, no real juice. The water temp is sitting at 65°F, which is pretty normal for this time of year.

The first chance to get wet is Monday morning, July 27th. We’re looking at a 2ft swell from the ESE, period of 8 seconds – short-period windswell, weak energy. The combined energy is only 89. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the NNW at 6 mph, so it’s clean, but the waves are just ordinary. Monday afternoon goes cross-shore at 6 mph – messy.

Tuesday the 28th is a total loss. Swell drops to 1.0ft with a long 13-second period from the SSE. That long period groundswell on a beach break like Joaquina will just run straight through. Energy is a pathetic 58. Wind is cross-off in the morning, cross-on in the afternoon. No thanks.

Wednesday the 29th morning is glassy, with a 1ft SSE swell at 12 seconds, energy 69. It’s clean but tiny. The afternoon shows a pulse – 2ft from the SE, energy jumps to 133 – but the wind is onshore, so it’s no good.

Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st are more of the same: small, weak, and mostly messy or just underpowered. Friday morning has a 1ft SE swell and a clean cross-off wind at 6 mph, but it’s still tiny.

The first week of August goes flat. From Saturday August 1st through Tuesday August 5th, the swell is mostly 0.7ft to 1ft, energy in the single digits or low double digits. Glassy, but empty.

Wednesday August 5th morning has a small 2ft SSE swell at 10 seconds, energy 86, with a 9 mph cross-off wind – clean, but weak. The best window in the whole outlook is the morning of Friday August 7th: glassy conditions, 2ft from the SSE at 11 seconds, combined energy of 163 – the highest we see all fortnight. That afternoon, the period jumps to 14 seconds and energy hits 240, but the wind goes cross-shore and the report says the tide is questionable.

Saturday August 8th morning is still clean with a 2ft SSE swell, energy 130. But the afternoon gets hammered by 16 mph north winds.

From Sunday August 9th through Tuesday August 11th, it’s flat again. Swell drops to 0.7ft, periods are short, energy is in the teens or single digits. Nothing to surf.

So, if you’re itchin’, the early morning of Friday August 7th is your best bet – glassy, clean, and the most energy we get. But overall, this is a 16-day stretch of weak, small surf. For a spot that’s usually very consistent, this is a quiet spell. Don’t expect much.

Rusty.

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