La Palue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for La Palue, with a lot of small, wind-affected surf. We’re gonna have to be patient.

The first real window of interest is a while off. The surf stays small and pretty messy through the rest of this week and into the next. We’ve got a few days with clean conditions, like Tuesday morning (11 August) with a light cross-offshore and a tiny 2ft of swell, but there’s just not enough energy to get excited about. The combined energy is weak, around 65. It’s surfable, but you’d be working hard for average waves.

The pattern holds for a while. There’s a slight bump in energy around Thursday the 13th, with swell reaching 3.3ft, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy, so it’s not going to be pretty. The combined energy gets up to 255, which is moderate, but the onshore wind just ruins it. We see similar conditions through the weekend and into the next week – a bit of swell, but always with that cross or onshore wind messing things up.

There’s another small pulse of energy around the 16th, with 3.6ft swell, but again, the wind is all over the place. Then it drops right off. The 17th and 18th see the swell almost completely disappear, down to 0.3ft, with a long-period swell from the southwest. That’s a tease, but there’s nothing to ride.

The real standout, and the only time I’d genuinely recommend getting in the water, is the morning of Monday, the 24th of August. The forecast shows a proper pulse of swell – 5.6ft from the west-northwest with a 10-second period. The combined energy jumps right up to 654, which is strong. And the wind, for once, is glassy. Absolutely glassy. It’s going to be clean, and La Palue is an exposed, expert wave, so this is the one to circle. This is the pick of the entire run. The water temp is sitting at 66.4°, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprise there.

After that, the wind swings onshore in the afternoon and chops it up, so make the most of that morning session. Before that, it’s a waiting game. The 23rd has a bit more size, hitting 5.6ft in the afternoon, but it’s cross-onshore and messy – not worth it for paddle surfing. That one could be more interesting for the kite crew. But for us, the 24th morning is the one.

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