Las Urracas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. We’ve got a decent run of clean, smaller surf coming up at Las Urracas, so let’s get into it.

The water’s sitting at 65°F – a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, which is nice. The week kicks off with a sweet little pulse. Sunday morning 6 September is your standout early call: glassy conditions, a clean 2ft SW swell with a very long 19-second period – proper groundswell energy. The combined energy is solid at 771 (moderate wave energy), and with that long period, it’s going to wrap nicely into this reef break. Expect clean lines, long gaps between sets, and not a lot of paddling hassle. It’s a very consistent spot, and crowds are only sometimes around, so you might even get it to yourself.

Sunday afternoon holds similar size but the wind shifts onshore, so the morning is the pick. Monday morning 7 September gets a touch of cross-on wind, but Monday afternoon goes glassy again with a 3ft SW swell (15-second period, 576 combined energy) – that’s another good session if you can sneak out. Tuesday 8 September keeps the good vibes rolling: glassy mornings both Tuesday and Wednesday, with 4ft and 3ft SW swells respectively, periods dropping a bit but still decent. Energy stays moderate. Wednesday afternoon gets a 15 km/h onshore wind, so mornings remain the window.

Thursday 10 September morning is glassy again with a 4ft, 15-second SW swell – nice. After that, the afternoons get messy with onshore breezes. Friday and Saturday mornings are crossed-up and smaller. The swell drops to 3–3ft through early next week, but the period hangs in there – Monday 14 September morning has a 3ft, 18-second SW swell (633 combined energy), but it’s cross-on, so not as clean. The following Tuesday and Wednesday mornings see a return to glassy conditions with 3–3ft SW swell, decent period, and clean surfaces.

By Thursday 17 September, the swell fades to 2ft, still glassy in the morning, but energy drops to 261. Friday 18 September morning is glassy but tiny – just 1ft with a very long 22-second period (190 combined energy). That’s weak, but if you’ve got a log, you might find a wave. After that, we hit a real flat spell: from Saturday 19 September right through to Sunday 20 September, the swell is down to 1ft with poor conditions and onshore or cross-on winds. Nothing worth paddling out for. Monday 21 September sees a pulse of 4ft, but the period is short at 8 seconds and the wind is messy – marginal at best.

Overall, the best windows are the glassy mornings, especially Sunday 6 September and Monday 7 September afternoons, then the Tuesday and Wednesday mornings of the first week. The second week offers a few clean but smaller sessions, then fades into a flat spell. It’s a reef break, so that long-period swell will shape up nicely. Not one for beginners when it’s over 5ft, but here it stays well under that, so it’s accessible.

Rusty.

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