La Yerbabuena Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, mate. Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for La Yerbabuena.

Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next 16 days are a tough stretch for this point. The overwhelming story is small, weak, short-period wind swell with onshore or cross-onshore winds mucking things up. The combined swell energy rarely breaks into even the moderate zone, and when it does, conditions are still ordinary. The water is sitting at 72°F, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing weird going on there.

The first real chance of a surfable wave comes on Friday the 7th of August. The morning session sees a tiny 3ft swell from the WNW, period a paltry 6 seconds. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the ESE, keeping the surface clean. The energy is a weak 64. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. Afternoon on the 7th gets worse as the wind swings onshore again.

Saturday the 8th of August morning is similar – clean from an east wind, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft. The energy is a measly 38. Not worth getting out of bed for.

The best of a bad bunch – and I mean the best of a bad bunch – is the morning of Thursday the 13th of August. The swell ticks up to 3ft from the WNW, period still short at 7 seconds, but the combined energy finally climbs into the low triple digits at 129. The real winner here is the wind: glassy conditions from the SE. That’ll make the surface like a mirror. The swell direction is cross to the optimum, so it’s not lighting up the point how it should, but with glass and a bit more energy, there might be a few fun ones. The 14th of August morning also offers glassy conditions from the south, with a 3ft WNW swell and energy of 108. Again, ordinary conditions, but at least clean.

Beyond that, from the 15th of August right through to the end of the period on the 21st, it’s a long, drawn-out run of tiny or small swells, mostly cross-onshore winds, and energy levels dropping into the double digits. The 19th and 20th of August see clean cross-offshore winds from the east, but the swell is a pathetic 1ft and 1.0ft respectively. The energy is down to 39 and 14. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple.

This break is inconsistent at the best of times, and this forecast is a real dud. For a point break needing a decent SW groundswell, we’re stuck with tiny, weak windswell from the west. It’s a blank run that’s a bit more normal for the area when the season is quiet. Hold tight, forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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