La Preciosa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Well, I’ve gotta be straight with ya – this 16-day window for La Preciosa is lookin’ pretty grim. It’s one of those stretches where Mother Nature just ain't cooperating. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period with hardly anything worth paddling out for.

Right from the get-go, Monday the 7th through to Sunday the 14th of September, we see a bit of waist-to-chest high swell, mostly around the 2ft to 4ft from the East. But here’s the kicker – the wind is relentless. It’s hammering cross-off from the ESE and E at 12 to 19 mph. That’s gonna chop the place up and make it feel like a washing machine out there. The wave energy is weak to moderate, but the quality is just junk. This is the kind of setup that’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

You’ll notice a slight tick-up around Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th mornings, where it's described as "marginal." The swell pushes to 4ft with a period of 8 seconds, and the energy gets up there. But that wind is still a problem. It’s not the clean, glassy stuff we dream about. It’s a battle.

The water temperature here is sitting at 85°F with a positive anomaly of 2°, so it’s a touch warmer than average for this time of year, which is nice for a long wait between sets, but that’s about the only comfort.

Then we hit a real slump. From Monday the 15th all the way to Tuesday the 22nd, it fades out badly. We're talking knee-high dribble, 0.3ft to 2ft, with energy dropping into the low teens and single digits. By Tuesday the 22nd, the combined energy is practically nothing – that’s basically a flat lake.

The only bright spot, and I mean the *only* one, is a small window on Wednesday the 16th morning. We get a brief taste of offshore wind from the ESE at 12 mph, with a tiny 1ft swell from the ENE on an 8-second period. The wind is actually blowing offshore, which is rare in this window, so it'll be clean for maybe a couple of hours. But the size is laughable.

There is a tiny, weird spike on the afternoon of the 16th – a 0.3ft swell from the NE with a 14-second period. That’s a long period groundswell, which would be great for shape, but at 0.3ft it’s basically non-existent.

So, to sum it up for you: this is a pretty bleak stretch. La Preciosa is a consistent, exposed reef, but the wind gods have turned their backs on us. There are no standouts. No silver bullets. If you have to get wet, aim for the 16th morning when the offshore wind might make the dribble look rideable, but don’t expect much. Sometimes it just goes like this for a while. Forecasts can change, but for now, leave the board in the car and go grab a coffee.

Rusty.

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