La Yerbabuena Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s your local surf checker Rusty here, and I’ve got to be straight with you—this is one of those outlooks where you might want to keep the board in the bag for a while. We’re looking at a 16-day window for La Yerbabuena, and the news is pretty flat.

Overall Pattern: The entire forecast period is dominated by tiny, weak swell and persistent cross-offshore winds. The only standout feature is a pocket of increased moderate wave energy (combined energy of all swells directed here hitting 146) around Tuesday, 8th September, but even that comes with a cross-onshore wind, making it messy. If you’re truly desperate, you might get a clean, glassy session on Monday, 7th September morning, but the swell is tiny at 2ft (combined energy of all swells directed here of 52) and the period is short, so it’s just small, weak leftovers. For a spot that’s inconsistent and rated for intermediates, it’s not really offering anything worth paddling out for. There’s a long gap of days with absolutely no surf worth recommending.

Best on Offer (and it’s a stretch): Honestly, the only two moments that look like they could produce a wave are Monday, 7th September and Tuesday, 8th September. But let’s be real: on the Monday morning, you’ve got glassy conditions and a 2ft WNW swell, but the period is only 7 seconds, so it’s weak and short-period. On Tuesday morning, the swell bumps to 3ft WNW with a 9-second period and the energy jumps up (combined energy of all swells directed here of 146), but the wind is cross-onshore from the WSW, so it’ll be bumpy and crummy. Neither of these is a standout. If you had to pick, the Monday morning glass-off is your only chance for a clean, glassy wave, but it’s barely surfable. After that, it all drops back to nothing, with sustained easterly winds keeping the ocean flat and clean but ridiculously small—swells of 0.3ft to 1ft for days on end. The long-period swell around 14th and 15th September is very low energy (combined energy of all swells directed here of 45 to 72) and paired with strong winds, so it’s a write-off.

Crowd & Conditions: La Yerbabuena is a point/river break that is inconsistent and often crowded. With no decent swell in sight, crowds will be non-existent, because nobody is out. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

So, to sum it up: there is no proper surf to chase here in the 16-day forecast. The setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on a few of those windy days, but for us wave riders, it’s a long, quiet stretch. Hang tight—forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a rinse-and-repeat of flatness.

Rusty.

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