La Salina Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s break it down in feet and miles.

Honestly, this one’s a grind. For the next 16 days, there’s no real standout swell window – mostly marginal to poor conditions. We’re looking at a long stretch of small, messy waves.

The action – if you can call it that – starts Saturday, September 12. Morning looks clean. Swell is 3 ft from the SW with a nice long 14-second period – that’s real groundswell. Combined energy is moderate (328). Wind is light offshore (6 mph from the WSW), so the surface should be glassy early. La Salina is an exposed beach break, so that long period might make it a bit straight for a peak, but it’s still the best window we see in this whole outlook. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

That Saturday morning is your only real window. By the afternoon the wind goes cross-on and the surf drops to 2 ft. Sunday the 13th is a write-off: morning onshore wind with a 2 ft wave, and by the afternoon the period crashes to a short 7 seconds, making for choppy, weak crumble.

Monday the 14th brings a bump to 5 ft from the WNW, but it's still short period (9s) and the combined energy climbs into the strong range (611). Conditions are only marginal and the wind is light onshore. Not worth it.

From Tuesday the 15th right through to the end of the month, it’s a flat spell. Swell direction is often good from the SW, but wave heights stay between 2 ft and 4 ft, and the winds are consistently cross-on or onshore. The best you get are marginal mornings, like Wednesday the 16th with 3 ft at 17 seconds (combined energy 545), but the wind is onshore. Sunday the 20th teases you with clean SW lines and light offshore wind, but still just 3 ft of swell.

The second week is more of the same: small SW swells, light wind, poor surf. The energy is moderate but the wave height just isn’t there to get any real power. It’s a classic flat run.

Verdict: The only moment worth paddling out is Saturday morning, September 12, at dawn. After that, it’s a long wait. Maybe check the 20th or 21st for a glass-off, but don’t hold your breath. This place is in a dry spell.

Stay patient.

Rusty

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