Las Monjas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve had a good look at the charts for Las Monjas, and I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this outlook is a rough one for the next sixteen days. There’s not a single window where I’d tell you to grab your board and head down. The whole run is a write-off, so don’t bother checking the cam.

The problem starts straight away and just keeps going. We’ve got a persistent north to north-northeast wind blowing across the break, and it’s almost always cross-onshore or choppy. The swell is there, but it’s a messy, short-period windswell, mostly around 8 seconds or less, and it’s coming from the wrong direction for this spot. Las Monjas is an exposed reef, tuned for a northwest swell, but we’re seeing NNW to NNE all the way through. The water temp is about average for the time of year, no big anomaly there.

The first few days through to the end of July are all “poor surf conditions” with combined swell energy well under 500 in brackets – mostly weak to moderate. Thursday the 16th of July kicks off a bit of a pulse, with the swell hitting 5 ft, and the energy climbs to 248, but the wind is already cross-onshore and ruining it. By Friday the 17th, the swell is up to 6 ft, and the energy is getting stronger (369), but the wind is still 12 to 16 mph from the north. It’s just not clean.

The middle of the month, from the 18th to the 24th, is more of the same: swell hanging around 5 ft to 6 ft, but never a clean offshore moment. The wind stays north or north-northeast, 9 to 16 mph, keeping the surface lumpy. The energy numbers for those days are moderate to strong, hitting 300 to 400, but it’s all wasted on a choppy, cross-onshore mess. The period creeps up to 8 seconds for a few days, but it’s not enough to turn it into proper groundswell.

Then, from the 25th of July onwards, the swell gets a bit bigger, reaching 7 ft Saturday morning, and the combined energy jumps to 431 and 434 – strong wave energy. But that’s only for experienced surfers, and the wind is fresh, 16 to 19 mph from the north and north-northwest, making it lumpy and ugly. The 26th and 27th hold similar height and energy, but the wind stays onshore.

So, after looking at this, there’s no standout day. No “best on offer.” It’s a blank run. For this area, when the wind locks in from the north like this and the swell direction is off, it’s normal to have a long stretch of nothing. Don’t hold your breath. The forecast can change, but right now, I’d find something else to do.

Rusty.

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