La Chocolatera Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gather 'round, mates. Rusty here with a look at what's comin' down the pipe at La Chocolatera. This point break is a bit of an inconsistent character, but it's got some potential brewing in the back half of the outlook. The water temp is a toasty 78°F, which is a whopping 9°F warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's a very unusual situation.

Right now, we're in a bit of a flat spell. The first 7 days or so look pretty average, with tiny waves and cross or onshore winds. The swell energy is low, values in the 141 to 285 range, and the combination of small size and those winds means the surf is gonna be poor. There's a few mornings with light breezes, but the swell is just too weak to get excited about, with heights between 1 ft and 2 ft. It's a definite dry spell until we get to the end of August.

Things start to get interesting on Friday, the 28th of August. The swell picks up to 4 ft in the morning, coming from the SW with a long 18-second period (groundswell), and the energy jumps to 959. The wind is light onshore, but the surf will still be a bit messy. The afternoon sees a bump to 5 ft and energy of 1457, but a cross-on wind will keep it choppy. Saturday the 29th of August has the biggest swell of the run, hitting 6 ft from the SW. The energy is strong at 1346, but the wind is still onshore, so it's not going to be clean. This size is getting into intermediate territory, maybe a bit much for beginners.

The real standout, the one you should pencil in, is Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September. The wind goes glassy, a complete glass-off from the WNW at just 3 mph. The swell is a modest 2 ft, but it's a long-period SW groundswell (16 seconds) with a combined energy of 442. With that kind of glassy condition, the point will be clean. It won't be big, but the shape will be there. This is a classic early-morning window for a fun, uncrowded session. The point break will handle that long-period swell well, giving you longer lulls between sets.

After that, we taper off again into the first week of September, with similar small, crossed-up conditions. The 3rd of September has a 2 ft SW swell with a 19-second period, but the wind is onshore, so it's a marginal call. The 4th and 5th of September see 4 ft to 5 ft SW swell, but again, the wind is not cooperating.

Overall, the best bet is that glassy Wednesday morning. It's a promising but less certain call that far out, but if the forecast holds, it'll be the pick of the bunch. The rest of the time, you're waiting for a window.

Rusty.

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