Las Redes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's talk about what's happening at Las Redes. It's a sandbar setup that's fairly exposed to the swell, and it really wants the swell from the WSW.

I’ll tell you right now, looking at this 16-day window, it's a tough one. We’ve got a huge gap with no worthwhile surf. From the 10th all the way through to the 22nd of August, it's pretty much flat. The swell just isn’t making it here. We're seeing tiny, weak waves for days on end—mostly 1 ft to 2 ft with the combined energy barely getting out of the double digits (like 16, 23, 57, 62). That’s not enough to get a surfer out of bed.

The water is real warm, too. On the 10th it's 80°, and it's 7° warmer than normal for this time of year. That's incredibly unusual, like bath water. But with no swell, it doesn't really matter.

You'll see a few mornings where the wind goes glassy, like on the 11th or the 14th. But those mornings still have that tiny, weak swell (2 ft to 2 ft) and a period of 5 to 9 seconds. Clean but absolutely gutless. The wind is often cross-on or onshore, and with such little swell, it's just choppy and messy.

Going into the second week, from the 23rd of August onward, the swell actually gets worse. We’re talking 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft, with the combined energy dropping to a pathetic 2 to 8. There is a 12-second groundswell on the morning of the 24th, but with only 0.3 ft of height, it's just a ripple. For a sandbar spot, a long-period swell with no height just doesn’t work.

There isn't a single standout session in this whole forecast. The combo of tiny swell and poor wind keeps the quality at zero. It’s a real dry spell. For a spot like this, a blank run can happen, but when it's this long it’s a real bummer. Leave the stick at home, for now.

Rusty.

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