La Zenia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee, pull up a stool. Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, the outlook for La Zenia is a tough one. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with almost nothing worth paddling out for. The first half of the forecast is a write-off. From the 23rd of August right through to the morning of the 5th of September, the surf is either tiny, onshore, or both. You’ll see a few mornings with a clean looking surface, but the swell is so small—0.7 ft to 2 ft—it’s barely a ripple. The combined wave energy sits in the low single digits and teens most days, which is just weak. There’s a run of 13 days where the score is a zero. That’s a proper blank run.

The only glimmer of hope, and I mean a glimmer, comes on the morning of Saturday the 5th of September. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, and we get a bit of a pulse from the east with a 4 ft swell. The period is short at 6 seconds, so it’s a weak, windswelly sort of peak, but it’s the only session where the conditions align. The combined energy hits 83, which is still weak, but it’s the best we’ll see. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

That Saturday morning is the standout. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only time the stars sort of line up. The swell is coming from the east, which is a long way off from the optimum direction for this reef break, which wants an east swell. So you’ll get some waves, but they’ll be a bit soft and pretty ordinary. Because it’s an inconsistent spot, you’ll be waiting for the sets, but with glassy conditions, it’ll at least be clean. Keep an eye on the wind, because it swings onshore in the afternoon.

The rest of the 16 days? More of the same. Small, messy, and not worth the effort. The jetty is basically a lake for two weeks. Forecaster confidence is high that this is a quiet period, and for a spot like this, that’s just how it goes sometimes.

Rusty.

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