La Nora Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's talk about the next couple of weeks. It’s gonna be a game of patience. There's surf, but you'll have to work for it. The start of the run is pretty sleepy, then we see a bump in energy mid-way, but the wind just isn’t playing along. The real gem is hidden at the tail end, and it's worth holding out for.

The first little tease is on Thursday morning, the 20th. It’s tiny, only about 1ft of northwest swell, but the water is like glass. It's clean, but it's just a ripple. The energy is weak, coming in at 53, so you'd want a log, but at least it’s something.

That fades quickly, and we're back to poor conditions for the rest of the week. Friday the 21st shows a bit more size, around 3ft, but the wind is all over it, making for bumpy, poor surf. The energy is up a bit, reading a moderate 306, but you’d be fighting the chop.

Saturday the 22nd starts glassy with a 2ft west-northwest swell, but again, weak and unsurfable. Then we get a few days where the swell mixes around, but the winds are a nuisance. The 24th and 25th have some cleaner, cross-offshore winds, but the waves are small and sluggish, only about 4ft to 4ft with short periods. It’s surfable, but it just doesn’t have any push.

The energy starts to build on Wednesday the 26th, with the swell hitting 5ft out of the east-northeast, and a solid energy reading of 223. But here's the catch: the wind is straight onshore, which ruins it. It’s a messy, blown-out 5ft, and for a setup like La Nora, this looks more like a kitesurfing day than a paddle-surfing one.

After that, we settle back into a few days of small, average surf. The morning of the 29th is the one to circle. Saturday the 29th of August. We have a clean 4ft of northwest groundswell with a nice 10-second period, and the wind is dead calm, glassy. The energy is strong, reading a 266, and it's the first morning in a while that will feel truly good. This is the one to set the alarm for.

The next day, Sunday the 30th, brings more size, pushing 5ft out of the north-northwest, but the wind gets messy and onshore by the afternoon. The morning is rideable, but it's not as crisp. And that’s about it for the run; the rest fades out.

So, my pick is clear: Saturday the 29th of August at La Nora (North). Get out there early. It’s a promise of clean, waist-to-chest high waves with a bit of power behind them. Everything else, you’re just scraping for scraps.

Rusty out.

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