La Boya Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this stretch isn’t looking like a classic. The whole 16-day window has surf on offer, but the quality is the problem. Wind and weather are just not playing ball.

We’re looking at La Boya. It’s a reef break that’s fairly consistent, and it needs south swell to really work. We’ve got plenty of that, but the wind is the killer. Starting Sunday, August 2nd, it’s onshore, with a risk of thunderstorms. The swell is small, around 3 ft from the SE with a short, weak period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is weak at (85). The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing weird.

The whole first week is a write-off. Day after day it’s the same story: onshore or cross-onshore winds, mostly from the ESE or SE, blowing at 9 to 16 mph. The surf stays small, between 3 ft and 5 ft, with that same short, weak period from the SE. On Friday the 7th, the energy bumps up a bit to (354) with a 5 ft swell, but the wind is still crossing it up in the morning and onshore by the afternoon. It’s just choppy and messy. Not worth paddling out for.

There’s a real rough patch from around the 10th to the 12th, where it’s even more onshore and messy. The combined energy is moderate, but the quality is still poor. By Thursday the 13th, the swell finally pushes up to 6 ft from the ESE with a period of 7 seconds, and energy hits (444). But again, the wind lets us down—cross-onshore in the morning, onshore in the afternoon.

Friday the 14th brings the biggest swell of the run, 6 ft from the SE, period of 8 seconds, and strong energy (434). It stays onshore with a side-onshore chop. That’s the standout in terms of size, but the wind will ruin it. For a reef break, that onshore flow is going to make it bumpy and blown-out. It’s promising, but it’s hard to get excited.

There’s a gap of no good surf right through. Honestly, for a break that needs clean offshore wind (NW), we just aren’t getting it. The setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing through most of this. The one possible highlight is the morning of August 17th, with a 6 ft swell from the ESE, period 8 seconds, and strong energy (489). But the cross-onshore wind is still there. It might offer a window if the wind eases, but it’s a long shot.

Best on offer? It’s a tough call. If you’re desperate, maybe dawn on August 14th or the 17th, but don’t expect perfection. The swell direction is right, but the wind is wrong.

Rusty.

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