Lagide Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: if you’re looking for good waves at Lagide over the next 16 days, you’re going to be disappointed. This is one of those stretches where the ocean just isn’t playing ball.

Right now, starting Thursday the 6th of August, we’ve got a long, flat run. The water temperature is sitting at 67°, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there. But the surf? Painfully poor. We’re looking at small, weak, short-period NNW windswell in the 1 ft to 4 ft range for the first week, with combined energies barely breaking 100, often much lower. And here’s the kicker—the wind is blowing straight onshore from the north or NNW at 15 to 18 mph for the majority of that time. That means bumpy, messy conditions with no real shape. The whole setup is a beach and reef affair, and honestly, with the wind and weak swell, it’d be more interesting for kite surfing than paddling.

From the 11th into the middle of the month we see a slight bump in energy, with combined swell energy hitting numbers between 121 and 287, but the swell is still short-period (6 to 10 seconds) and the winds stay onshore or cross-onshore. Nothing cleans up. The consistent theme here is “poor surf conditions” every single session. There’s not a single standout in this entire 16-day window.

The closest we get to anything bigger is around Tuesday the 18th of August, when the swell height pushes up to 8 ft in the morning with a combined energy of 913. That’s moderate-to-strong energy. But with a NNW 22 mph wind blowing straight onshore, it’s going to be a choppy, blown-out mess. That’s expert-only territory if anyone is silly enough to paddle out, and with the period only 9 seconds, the waves won’t have much shape. For the average surfer, it’s a write-off.

Then it fades again through the 21st, with the combined energy dropping to just 47 on the Friday morning, smaller than 2 ft, and the wind turning cross-onshore. Another gap of several days with nothing worthwhile.

I hate to say it, but there’s no hidden gem here. No session to get excited about. If this is your local, you might save yourself the drive and wait for the next system to roll through. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a frustrating blank run for Lagide.

Rusty.

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