Las Urracas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this 16-day stretch for Las Urracas is a bit of a mixed bag. There are some windows where it’ll be worth getting wet, but you’ll need to pick your moments. We’ve got a moderate combined swell energy for most of it, but a few days stand out as proper call-offs.

Alright, starting with the first good sign – Saturday the 15th of August. That afternoon, the wind goes glassy, and we’ve got a 4ft swell rolling in from the SW with a 13-second period. The combined energy is sitting at 585, which is solid. That’s going to produce some clean, lined-up waves. The water’s sitting a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, about 65°, so you won’t need the thickest wetsuit either.

Then Sunday the 16th of August, another standout in the afternoon. Glassy conditions again with a 2ft swell, but it’s a long-period 16-second groundswell from the SW – combined energy at 536. That low period will put some real shape into the reef, especially at Las Urracas itself. A reef break like this handles that long-period energy well, so you’ll get clean, hollow little runners, though it’ll be a smaller wave.

Monday the 17th of August morning is a beauty. Dead calm, glassy, with a 4ft SW swell at 14 seconds. Combined energy at 504. Again, that long period suits the reef setup here. It’ll be smooth, well-shaped, and relatively easy paddling between sets. This is probably the pick of the whole run – just you, the reef, and the ocean.

After that, things get messy. Tuesday the 18th onward we start seeing cross-onshore winds and the swell period dropping off. By Wednesday the 19th, we’ve got a 12 mph cross-on breeze chopping up a 4ft to 5ft swell with only an 8 to 9 second period – that’s windswell junk. Combined energy is still moderate at 535-586, but the quality is poor. This is more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddler’s dream.

There’s a tiny glimmer on Thursday afternoon the 20th of August – glassy conditions and a 3ft, 14-second SW swell, but it’s small. After that, we drop into a long gap of marginal to poor surf. From the 21st of August through to the 27th of August, the swell drops below 3ft most days, and the energy numbers sit below 300 for a lot of it. A few glassy moments on the 21st afternoon, the 22nd morning, and the 23rd morning give you surfable 2ft to 3ft waves, but it’s ordinary – nothing to write home about. This is a sustained flat spell for the area.

The last day on offer – the 27th of August – shows a slight uptick in combined energy to 390 (morning) and 474 (afternoon) with a 16-second SW swell and 3ft to 3ft height, but the wind stays cross-onshore, so it’s marginal.

Bottom line: your best bets are Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning around the 15th-17th of August. The rest is either too small, too choppy, or a long period of quiet. If you can chase those few days, you’ll get some good, glassy reef rides. If not, it’s a quiet couple of weeks.

Stay safe, keep your wax warm,
Rusty

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