La Salina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Well, lookin’ at this 16-day stretch for La Salina, I gotta be straight with ya – it’s a flat spell, no two ways about it. There’s next to no surf on the cards worth paddlin’ out for, and what little shows up is pretty ordinary. The water’s sittin’ at a balmy 73°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – feels more like a summer bath than a September swim.

Right from Sunday the 13th, we’ve got tiny 1ft swell from the southwest with a super long 19-second period, but the wave comment says it all: poor surf conditions. That combined wave energy (347) is weak, and with the wind blowin’ straight onshore, it’s a write-off.

Monday the 14th brings a bit of a bump – 5ft swell on the morning from the west-northwest, 9-second period, and moderate wave energy (680). But it’s cross-onshore wind and the surf condition is only marginal. By the afternoon, it’s droppin’ to 5ft and still messy. Not a day to get excited about.

Tuesday the 15th through to the rest of the week is just more of the same – waves bobbin’ between 2ft and 3ft, mostly from the southwest, with cross-onshore breezes for days. The combined energy hops around (409 to 702), but the quality is poor or marginal the whole way through. Winds pick up to a moderate breeze by Friday the 18th, so it’s choppy and blown out.

We roll into the second week – from Sunday the 20th onward – and the pattern holds. Swell heights creep up just slightly: 4ft on Monday the 21st with a 17-second period, but it’s still marginal. The rest of the week, we’re lookin’ at 3ft to 3ft from the southwest, with periods droppin’ from 16 seconds down to 13 seconds by Saturday the 26th. The combined energy is moderate (335 to 778), but every day has cross-onshore or onshore wind, and the reports are poor or marginal conditions across the board.

There’s a little spike in period on Sunday the 27th – a 2ft swell with a 21-second period from the southwest, energy at 522 – but it’s still just a tiny groundswell with a cross-onshore breeze. The final Monday the 28th has 2ft from the southwest, 20-second period, mild energy (641), and onshore wind in the morning. Still no good.

Honestly, if you’re lookin’ for something positive, there’s nothin’ to recommend here. The break is consistent, but the swells are too small and the winds are never right. La Salina is exposed to the southwest, and we’re gettin’ waves from that direction, but it’s just not combin’ with clean conditions. Even when the period is long – like on Sunday the 27th with 21 seconds – it’s too small to do anythin’ with and the wind kills it. If the swell was any bigger, a long-period southwesterly might be okay here for a reef or point setup, but La Salina’s a beach, so that long gap between sets just means a lot of waitin’.

If you’re into kite surfin’, the moderate cross-onshore winds and small, weak chop might be your jam. But for a paddle surfer? Save your energy. There’s about two weeks of poor-to-marginal conditions here. It’s just one of those blank runs.

Rusty.

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