La Palue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, checking in from the coast. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up at La Palue.

To be straight with you, the next 16 days are a tough watch. The water is a very unusual 67° right now, which is much warmer than normal for the time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s pumping. The swell energy is weak for the most part, and the wind is a constant problem. Most of the time, it’s cross, cross-on, or onshore, and that’s just not going to give us the clean lines we want.

We’ve got a long, dry spell of poor conditions ahead. Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th are a write-off. Monday morning the 6th of July is the first real glimmer of hope. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, with a light offshore flow from the ENE at 3 mph. The swell is a tiny 3ft from the WNW at 9 seconds, with weak energy (110). It’s super small, but for a dawn paddle on a longboard, you’ll find some clean, weak little peelers. That’s about the best we get for a while.

The next standout is Wednesday morning the 8th of July. Again, glassy conditions with a 3 mph NE breeze. The swell is still small at 2ft from the WNW, but the period stretches to 10 seconds, and the energy is right on the cusp of moderate at (100). It will be clean but tiny. For an expert break, this is nothing to get excited about, but if you’re desperate for a glassy session, that’s your window.

After that, the wind turns ugly again. There’s a pulse of swell on the 11th and 12th, with the 12th seeing 6ft from the NW, but it’s an onshore, short-period mess (7 seconds) with strong wind. The energy is moderate (358), but with that wind, it’s just a lumpy, blown-out washing machine. When the swell gets over 5ft here with onshore wind, it’s not for beginners, but honestly, it’s not good for anyone. The setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

The rest of the run into the second week is more of the same: persistent cross-onshore winds from the NW, keeping the surface choppy and messy. The 19th of July just fades out with weak, short-period windslop and rain. There’s no standout session in that second week.

So, bottom line: this is a lean 16 days. The best on offer is a couple of glassy, clean mornings on the 6th and 8th of July, but only if you’ve got a longboard and low expectations. The whole period is a bit of a blank run for a wave that really needs good wind. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d be doing something else.

Rusty.

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