Las Piscinas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s cut to it—this run is a rough one for Las Piscinas. The water’s sitting at about 76° right now, which is pretty standard for this time of year, so you won’t be shivering while you watch the flatness roll through.

The first few days are just plain bad. Wednesday and Thursday the swell’s only 3ft to 6ft, but the wind’s blowing onshore out of the north at 15 to 25 km/h, and the energy’s weak to moderate—114 to 434 in the combined read. It’s messy and lumpy. Friday bumps up to around 7ft, but it’s still onshore and the period’s only 10 seconds, so it’s all closeouts. The energy jumps to 847, but that doesn’t matter when the wind’s wrecking it.

Saturday drops to around 6ft, but the wind swings cross-onshore from the NNE at 15 km/h and it’s choppy. Sunday’s a little better—4ft, lighter winds at 10 km/h—but still cross-onshore and only rates a 1. Monday’s back down to 2ft with a long-period 12-second NW swell, but it’s onshore and weak—200 energy. Forget it.

Then comes a dry stretch. Tuesday’s tiny, Wednesday and Thursday are flat and weak, all the way through the 25th. There’s a gap of several days where there’s no surf worth mentioning. You’re better off doing something else.

Now, the one glimmer—and it’s far out, so don’t get too excited—hits Saturday the 26th. Swell builds to around 4ft, but the period jumps to 15 to 16 seconds, and the direction shifts to the NW. That’s proper groundswell, with energy reading 655 to 733. The wind’s still onshore in the morning and cross-onshore in the afternoon, so it’s not clean, but there’s real push. This is a reef, so that long period might actually suit it better than a beach break—longer gaps between sets, more lined-up walls. Still, the wind’s not doing us any favors, so it’s only rating a 1 or 2.

Sunday the 27th and Monday the 28th keep that same 4ft NW swell with 13 to 14-second periods, but the cross-onshore winds pick up to 20 km/h and it gets choppy. There might be a few lumps if you’re keen, but it’s not pretty.

After that, it fades fast. Tuesday the 29th drops under 3ft, and Wednesday and Thursday are down to 2ft with weak energy in the 55 to 98 range. The run ends flat.

The standout, if you can call it that, is that Saturday the 26th into Sunday the 27th. It’s the only window with real swell size and period, but the winds are iffy and the quality’s still poor. For beginners, even the 4ft days are manageable, but the chop and onshores will make it tough. For experts, there’s nothing here that’ll get your pulse up.

Bottom line: this stretch is mostly a blank. But I know this spot—when the NW groundswell hits with that long period, it can light up. Forecasts change, so don’t write it off completely. Keep an eye on that 26th and 27th. Otherwise, it’s a good time to wax the board and wait.

Rusty out.

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