Las Urracas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the Las Urracas forecast for the next couple of weeks. It’s a reef break facing a WSW swell window, and we’ve got a pretty slow start here. The first few days are flat.

We don’t see any real action kicking off until Thursday the 30th of July. The morning starts small with a 5ft SW groundswell (12 seconds), but there’s a bit of a cross-on breeze making it look a little uninviting. The combined energy is moderate at 560. The afternoon cleans right up though – glassy conditions, 4ft SW swell, same long 12-second period. It’s not a standout, but it’s clean and it’s a start. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is much warmer than we’d usually expect for this time of year.

Honestly, Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st of August are nothing to write home about. Tiny swell, mixed winds, poor quality. Sunday the 2nd has a glassy afternoon with a tiny 3ft WSW groundswell – it’s clean but really small.

Now, the first true standout pops up on Tuesday the 4th of August. By the afternoon, the swell is up to a solid 5ft from the SW (11 seconds) with glassy, calm conditions. Combined energy is getting strong at 638. This is the kind of clean, lined-up reef setup you’d want to be on. It’s only for intermediate surfers, and it’s a very consistent break, so the waves will be there.

But the real champ of this outlook lands on Thursday the 6th of August, in the afternoon. This is the session to circle. The swell jumps to 7ft from the SW, with a very long 16-second period – real groundswell energy. Combined energy is a massive 2203, and the wind goes glassy. This is excellent surf, but that size and power makes it for experienced surfers only. At a reef break like Las Urracas, that long period will be offering up some proper, thick lines.

We get another good day on Friday the 7th of August afternoon – 6ft SW swell, 13 seconds, glassy conditions, energy at 1069. Still excellent. The surf stays rideable over the following days, but the size and quality fade.

There’s another decent flicker on Sunday the 9th of August afternoon – glassy, 3ft SW swell with a very long 14-second period (598 energy) – clean but small. And again on Monday the 10th afternoon with 4ft SW, glassy, 576 energy.

Things start to get messy and smaller from the 11th onward, with light cross-on breezes and shorter periods. The final note on Friday the 14th of August afternoon shows a 2ft WSW swell with a very long 17-second period (369 energy), but the wind is cross-on, so it’s not going to be a classic.

So to wrap it up: the first week is pretty quiet. The clear standout is Thursday 6th August afternoon for the big, powerful, glassy groundswell. Tuesday 4th and Friday 7th afternoons are your other solid shots for clean waves.

Rusty out.

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