La Laguna Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s cookin’ at La Laguna over the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, it’s a pretty disappointing run on the whole. We’ve got a solid 11 days of mostly tiny, choppy, or just plain flat conditions before anything even remotely worth paddling out for shows up. The first hint of a proper wave doesn’t arrive until Saturday the 12th of September, and even then it’s only just surfable. The water is running much warmer than normal at 83°F for time of year – that’s a solid 6°F above average, which feels like bathwater, but it won’t make the swell any better.

The standout – and really the only day worth circling on the calendar – is Saturday morning, September 12th. We’ve got a clean, clean session on the cards. Light ESE winds will blow cross-off, and the swell will be a modest 4ft from the NW with an 8-second period. Sure, it’s not a bomb, but the combined energy reading of 186 (moderate) and the clean conditions make this the only time you’ll get a decent wave face without getting blown to pieces. The water temp anomaly doesn’t apply here for this session, but expect it still warm. It’s an exposed reef break, so the NW direction is right on the money.

Before that? Forget it. The swell is tiny or non-existent, winds are messy out of the NW, or it’s completely flat. From Wednesday the 2nd right through to Friday the 11th, we’ve got heights below 3ft – many days below 1ft – with constant cross-onshore breezes and loads of chop. The morning of Sunday the 6th is glassy but flat as a tack at 0.7ft – nothing to do but enjoy the stillness.

Around the 9th and 10th, the swell technically picks up – we see 8ft on Thursday the 10th morning – but here’s the kicker: the wind howls out of the NW at 28 mph and sits cross-shore, making it an ugly, lumpy mess with wave energy hitting 708 (strong). That’s less a surf session and more a washing machine. Beginners, stay out of that – over 8ft by the afternoon, and only for the experts who don’t mind it nasty.

After the 12th, it drops right back down again. Sunday the 13th onward goes flat or near-flat, with tiny 0.7ft to 1ft leftovers and mostly clean but empty surf. There’s no second wind in this forecast.

So the takeaway: you’ve got one real window – Saturday morning, September 12th – for a few clean, rideable lines at La Laguna. Otherwise, it’s a long, flat wait. Don’t hold your breath, but keep an eye on the sky.

– Rusty

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