La Salina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty slim for any real surf. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly messy conditions ahead before anything with a bit of punch finally shows up. It’s going to be a test of patience.

Right off the bat, the forecast is pretty bleak. We're looking at small South-Southwest swells, but the wind is a constant problem. The onshore and cross-onshore breezes are going to chop things up, making for poor, crumbly conditions. For the first several days, through the middle of next week, there's really nothing to get excited about. The swell energy is weak to moderate, with values mostly in the 200s and 300s, and the waves are just not going to have any push. You're looking at waist-high or smaller, junky surf.

We are talking about La Salina. This is a consistent spot, but it’s exposed, and these conditions are getting straight into it. The water temp is running about average for the time of year, around 70.3°F.

We'll see a slight glimmer of hope on Wednesday, August 19th, when the wind finally turns more onshore, and the swell ticks up just a bit. The energy gets more moderate, hitting 540, and the wave height is still small, around 3ft. But don’t be fooled – it's still pretty marginal. Not worth rushing for.

The pattern stays the same through the end of August. Small swell, persistent onshore wind. There will be a few cleaner moments, like Saturday the 23rd, when the wind drops to next to nothing, but the swell has faded to a tiny 2ft with a long-period SW groundswell. That long period – 18 seconds – tells me it's got some travel in it, but there just isn't enough size to make it work. You might find a clean ankle-biter, but that’s about it. This is a time for tuning up your longboard or just doing something else.

Now, the eagle-eyed among you will see something brewing for the very end of the window. Around the 29th of August, the swell finally starts to build. We see a jump to 4ft+ for Saturday the 29th, with the combined energy surging into the strong range, hitting 1188 and then 1326. That’s a real signal. The wind is still cross-on, but it’s from a WNW, and the swell is still SSW. It might be a bit lumpy, but there’s finally some push.

The following day, Sunday the 30th, looks more promising. The wind turns more offshore, and we've got 4-5ft of SSW swell at 16 seconds. This is the best of the bunch, but I’d still tag it as promising but not quite a slam dunk this far out. The energy is strong, over 1000, so there’s definitely some grunt in the water. My advice is to keep an eye on the long-range charts for this one. As we get closer, the forecast will firm up.

After that, the swell fades again into the first week of September. So, to sum it up: the first ten days to two weeks are a write-off. The standout, if I have to pick one, is that Sunday, August 30th, when the swell looks decent and the wind is lined up. But for now, don’t get your hopes up too high.

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