Las Redes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gonna be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty flat for the most part. We've got a serious lack of any real push from the ocean, so if you're jonesing for a wave, you're gonna have to be a patient bugger.

Let's start with the overall picture. The first bit of action we can even talk about is a tiny window of *something* on Tuesday, September 8th, but it's not much to write home about. After that, there's a long, long stretch of nothing. I'm talking days and days of barely a ripple. The surf just isn't there. You'll be looking at clean, glassy conditions on a few mornings, but with waves around 0.7ft to 1ft, it's a flat spell, plain and simple.

The only break on the menu is Las Redes, a sandbar setup. It's a beginner-friendly spot, and it's fairly consistent, but unfortunately, the swell just isn't cooperating. The water temp is about average for the time of year, so no need to worry about a wetsuit or a spring suit; it's pretty standard.

Okay, let's run through the scraps. Tuesday morning, September 8th, we see a 2ft swell from the WNW with a period of 11 seconds. That's a long-period groundswell, but the combined energy is a weak 97, and the wind is a cross-shore from the W at 6 mph. The waves are poor. By Tuesday afternoon, the swell drops to 1ft, and the wind picks up to a cross-onshore 12 mph from the WSW, making it choppy. The energy is a measly 38.

Wednesday, September 9th, the morning offers a tiny 0.7ft swell from the W with a 9-second period. The wind is a cross-offshore from the NW at 12 mph, which at least gives us clean conditions, but the wave state is "clean" because the waves are basically non-existent. The energy is just 6. The afternoon brings a bit more size at 3ft, but it's a short-period, wind-driven 4-second wave from the WNW with a moderate cross-onshore breeze. It's choppy and messy.

Thursday, September 10th, the morning has a 2ft WNW swell with a 5-second period. The wind is onshore from the SSW at 9 mph, and the energy is a weak 32. The afternoon is similar, with a 2ft swell and a cross-onshore wind.

The rest of the first week is a blur of tiny swell, weak energy, and poor conditions. Friday morning, September 11th, gives us a clean 1ft wave with a cross-offshore breeze, but it's still only 1ft. The real standout, if you can call it that, is Sunday afternoon, September 13th. The swell is only 1ft from the WNW, but the wind goes glassy with a 3 mph SW breeze. The surface will be like a mirror, and the energy is 20. It's a small window of beautiful, flat conditions, but it's beautiful.

The second week is more of the same. We're looking at tiny 0.7ft to 2ft swells from the W or WNW, with very low energy numbers (3-60). The winds are a mix of cross-offshore and cross-onshore, but the lack of size is the real killer. Morning of Friday, September 18th, we get a 3ft swell from the WNW with a 6-second period and a 60 energy, but it's a cross-shore wind and conditions are "poor". It's the biggest swell of the period, but it's still a dud.

The long and short of it is this: there is no standout session in this 16-day outlook. The best you'll find is a glassy, flat spell on Sunday, September 13th, or the marginally bigger but poor-quality 3ft swell on Friday, September 18th. For a beginner, anything over 5ft is a bit much, but with nothing even close to that, it's a safe bet for a paddle. For the rest of us, it's a time to tune up your gear, because the ocean is taking a nap.

Rusty.

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