La Marina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, if you’re hanging out for a wave at La Marina over the next couple of weeks, I’d say temper those expectations. It’s looking like a pretty flat and quiet stretch, with barely a ripple to get excited about. The water temps are way warmer than usual for this time of year, sitting at 28°, so you could have a nice float, but that’s about all.

We’re starting off on Monday the 24th of August, but there’s honestly nothing doing. The combined swell energy is zero (0) – that’s as flat as it gets. This pattern sticks around for a solid run of days. Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are both dead, with just a tiny bit of windswell trying to show, but it’s all poor surf conditions. The wind is mostly light cross or onshore, and the swell heights are barely a few centimetres. Not worth paddling out.

By Thursday the 27th, we see a slight pulse of easterly swell, about 0.9m on the morning, but with a short period of 5 seconds and a light cross-onshore breeze, it’s messy. The energy creeps up to 36 – still weak – but the conditions are not clean. The afternoon gets a bit bigger at 1.1m, but the wind swings easterly at 20 km/h and it’s choppy. That’s not a surf you’d drive for.

Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th are both back to near-nothing. Saturday morning actually has a clean offshore from the west at 25 km/h, but there’s no swell to speak of (0 energy). Sunday the 30th is glassy in the morning with zero swell – a total lake. The whole first week is a bust.

Moving into the second week, from Monday the 31st of August right through to Tuesday the 8th of September, it’s the same sad story. We get some glassy mornings and light offshore winds, but the swell barely registers. The biggest we see is a few 0.4m to 0.5m little windswell bumps with combined energy values under 10 – that’s practically nothing. It’s just not happening.

There are no standout days here. Honestly, for a reef break like La Marina (a reef setup that is inconsistent and exposed to ESE swell), this is a blank run. The swell direction never lines up properly, the period is too short, and the energy is too weak to form anything rideable. If you’re desperate for a paddle, maybe a Tuesday morning or a Sunday morning with glassy conditions could let you sit out there, but you won’t catch much. This stretch looks more like a kite-surfing opportunity if the wind picks up, but for a surfboard, it’s a solid miss.

Rusty.

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