La Yerbabuena Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is Rusty.

Lookin’ at the whole 16-day window for La Yerbabuena, and I gotta be straight with you—it’s a flat spell with a few flickers of hope, but nothin’ that’ll get your heart pumpin’. The first real surfable day doesn’t show up until Sunday the 26th, and even then it’s pretty ordinary. The whole run from now through most of the second week is real quiet, with a long stretch of tiny, weak waves and often messy wind.

The water’s sittin’ around 72°F right now, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

First up, we’ve got Saturday the 19th through to Saturday the 25th—pretty much a write-off. Swells are tiny, mostly 2ft to 3ft, with periods barely hittin’ 6 seconds. That’s weak, short-period windswell, and the combined energy is all in the two-digit range—like 36, 52, 29—just weak stuff. Winds are mostly cross-on or onshore, choppy, poor conditions. The only glimmer is Saturday the 25th morning when the wind goes cross-off and clean, but the swell’s still only 3ft and 6 seconds, so it’s small and weak. Nothin’ worth paddlin’ out for.

Then on Sunday the 26th, we get a slight shift. The morning shows a 3ft swell from the WNW, still 6 seconds, but the wind is a clean cross-off from the NNW, and the combined energy nudges up to 66. The comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions”—it’s a 1 out of 10. Still, if you’re desperate, there’s a tiny window. The afternoon goes cross-shore and choppy again.

Monday the 27th morning is the best of a bad lot: glassy, 2ft, 7-second period, combined energy at 56. That’s a rare moment of total calm wind, so the wave faces will be clean. But the swell’s still small. It’s a point break, inconsistent, so you’ll be waitin’ for sets. Not a standout, but the only real chance to get a few clean little runners.

After that, from Tuesday the 28th onward, it’s a rapid drop-off. Swells shrink to 0.7ft or less, periods get long (9–14 seconds) but the energy is pitiful—single digits or low teens. Winds are strong cross-off from the east, blowin’ 18–34 mph, clean but absolutely no swell to work with. The 14-second period on August 2nd is a long-period groundswell, but with only 0.3ft–0.7ft of height, it’s a non-event. The combined energy on that day is 8 or 25—just nothin’ there.

There is no true standout in this 16-day run. The best you’ll get is Monday the 27th morning, when it’s glassy and the water’s clean, but you’re still only lookin’ at waist-high, weak waves. If you’re a beginner, it’s safe, but don’t expect much. For anyone else, it’s a flat spell.

Rusty.

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