Barinatxe - La Salvaje Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a good, hard look at what the next couple of weeks have in store for us. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough run. We’re looking at a long, long stretch of small, weak conditions before we might finally see a pulse of energy.

We start off with a solid block of nothing. From the 30th of July all the way through until the morning of the 11th of August, there is genuinely no surf worth paddling for. That’s nearly two weeks of tiny, gutless waves. The combined swell energy barely gets into double digits for most of that time, sitting between 9 and 101 – that’s just a whisper of energy, if you can call it that (9-101).

The water temp at Barinatxe – La Salvaje is sitting at 73°F, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, about 3°F above the long-term average. Might be nice for a swim, but not for surfing.

It’s not until the morning of Tuesday, the 11th of August that we finally see something that’s at least surf-able. The swell will be a tiny 3 ft from the North, with a short period of 6 seconds – that’s pure wind swell, no grunt to it. The wind will be light and offshore from the East, so the surface will be clean, but the waves will be weak and pretty average. The energy finally crawls up to 83, which is still poor.

The only real standout in this whole 16-day window is the morning of Wednesday, the 12th of August. Again, it’s nothing special size-wise – 3 ft from the North-Northeast – but the wind stays offshore from the East, keeping it clean. The swell period is still a short 6 seconds, so don’t expect any power, just small, crumbly lines. The energy is a modest 90. It’s the best of a very average bunch, but honestly, it’s more of a longboard or a foiler session than a proper surf. For the die-hards, that Tuesday and Wednesday morning window is your only real option in the whole second week.

Given how small the swell is and the lack of punch, the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer during most of this period. We’ve got plenty of onshore breezes in the afternoons that aren’t doing us any favours.

Stay patient, lads. The forecasts can always change, but right now, this is a flat spell for the record books.

Rusty.

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