La Palue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the forecast for La Palue. This is a classic, exposed expert-only slab that needs a very specific window to work, and honestly, looking at the next 16 days, it’s a tough watch. The swell is there, but the wind is just relentless.

The forecast opens with nothing on Saturday the 25th. Tiny, wind-battered junk. The combined energy of all swells directed here is a weak 35, with a 2ft, 5-second windswell from the north-northwest. It’s a write-off.

Sunday the 26th sees a pulse of energy come through. The combined swell energy jumps to 259 with a 5ft west-northwest swell at 7 seconds, but a moderate west-northwest breeze is on it, making it messy. Not rideable.

Monday the 27th morning is the only real glimmer in the whole run. The combined energy climbs to 553, and we get a 6ft west-northwest groundswell with a 10-second period. That’s a proper, powerful swell. But the wind is still cross-onshore out of the west-northwest at 6 mph. The data says "light cross-onshore with small wind ripples" and a marginal score—it’s frustrating because the power is there, but the surface is going to be a bit lumpy. This is the best on offer, but it’s not clean. The afternoon is a right-off with a fresh breeze.

Then from Tuesday the 28th onwards, it’s a real struggle. The wind does finally go offshore on Tuesday morning—a glassy 3 mph from the east—but the swell has dropped to just 3ft from the west-northwest, with combined energy at 188. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That’s the only morning with clean, offshore conditions in the whole window.

The rest of the run is a tale of small, weak swell and onshore or cross-onshore winds. There’s another pulse on the 3rd of August, with a 4ft swell from the west-southwest, but the wind is a strong cross-off from the north-northeast at 19 mph—that’s clean, but it’s a kiter’s breeze, not a surfer’s wave. The swell is too short period and the wind is too strong for a paddle.

Honestly, mate, this is a grim stretch. If you’re a patient soul with a gun, Monday the 27th morning has the most power, but don’t expect perfection. The 16-day window is a tough one for La Palue. The water temp is a normal 65°, about average for the time of year. I’ll be watching the charts, but it’s a quiet spell.

Rusty.

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