Latigo Canyon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, let’s talk about what we’ve got on offer here at Latigo Canyon. The pattern over the next couple of weeks is a long, drawn-out stretch of mostly small, uninspiring surf, but there is a real flash of something special if you want to wait for it.

Right now, Monday morning is your first chance to get wet, but it’s not going to be much to write home about. We’ve got a small 2ft SSW groundswell with a long 16 second period, so the energy is there in the water (combined energy of 417), but it’s coming in with a light cross-onshore breeze, making things a little wind-rippled. The water is sitting at 67° which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s a nice surprise. Honestly, the conditions are only marginal, and the tide isn’t doing us any favours.

That pattern of small surf and cross to onshore winds carries on right through until the middle of the week. Tuesday morning looks slightly better with a clean 3ft SSW swell and a light offshore wind. That’s the best of the early days, but still, the wave quality is nothing to get excited about.

From Wednesday afternoon through the weekend, it’s just a grind of small, weak swell and poor conditions. The wind stays mostly cross or cross-onshore, and the wave heights drop back to 2ft to 3ft. The energy fades right off, dropping to under 300 in the combined energy readings. It’s a bit of a flat spell, really.

We do get a brief, tiny moment on Wednesday the 15th morning – glassy conditions with a tiny 1ft SW swell. It’s surfable, but there’s hardly any push behind it.

The real standout in this entire forecast is Sunday the 19th. Now, this one is a promise for the second week, so keep an eye on it. We’re looking at a solid pulse of new swell rolling in, building from 5ft in the morning to a clean 5ft by the afternoon. That’s getting into the territory where beginners might find it a bit much, but for any intermediate surfer, it’s going to be a lot of fun. The swell direction is coming from the SSE, which is a solid angle for this point break, and the period is a nice, long 14 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell. The real kicker? By Sunday afternoon, the wind goes glassy. Zero wind. Combine that with a solid 5ft swell and a combined energy reading over 1000 (1010), and you’ve got the makings of some classic, clean Latigo Canyon waves. The water will still be warm, and the crowd profile here is ‘sometimes’, so if you are strategic, you could get some great ones with not too many people out.

After that flash of glory, it fades quickly. Monday the 20th drops off to a messy 3ft with poor conditions, and then we are back to small, weak swell again through the end of the outlook.

So, in short: there’s a whole lot of nothing for the first week and a half. But don’t sleep on that Sunday the 19th afternoon session – that’s the one to pencil in for some glassy, chest-to-shoulder high waves at this classic point.

Rusty.

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