Laredo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming up for Laredo over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough stretch. We're looking at a long, dry spell with nothing worth paddling out for until Tuesday the 18th of August. That's a solid ten days of waiting. The water's sitting at a toasty 74°, which is a couple of degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so you'll be warm while you're sitting on the beach watching the flat spell.

For the first week, it's all tiny, weak slop. We're talking wave heights barely at 2 ft with combined swell energy in the double digits or low triple digits (16 to 130). The wind offers some glassy mornings on the 10th and 11th, but there's just no energy to work with. It's a bust for us paddle surfers.

Then, on the morning of Tuesday the 18th of August, we finally get a glimmer of hope. The swell bumps up to 3 ft from the NW with a 9-second period, and combined energy hits a moderate 162. The wind is light and cross-offshore from the WNW, making it clean. The report calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," so it's not a standout, but it's the first real chance to get wet in a long time. The afternoon stays clean but the swell drops back.

The next real standout appears on the morning of Saturday the 22nd of August. It's a small one – 1 ft from the N – but the wind is glassy offshore from the WSW, and the combined energy is a weak 14. The swell period is a short 5 seconds, so it won't have much push, but it'll be clean as a whistle. This is for the patient surfer on a longboard who just needs to get a few grovelly ones.

The best of the whole outlook, though, is the morning of Sunday the 23rd of August. The swell picks up to 3 ft from the NNW with a combined energy of 153 (moderate) and a clean, offshore wind from the WNW. The period is a longer 8 seconds, so it'll have a bit more shape than the previous days. The report says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," but honestly, given the drought we've been through, this is the pick of the two weeks. Get your shortboard out for this one, but don't expect a classic.

So, to sum it up: the best windows are the morning of Tuesday the 18th and, more importantly, the morning of Sunday the 23rd of August. The rest is a long wait for very little reward. Keep your eyes on the charts, though – it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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