Latigo Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Latigo Point.

Well, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead for Latigo Point. This spot rarely breaks, and looking at the next 16 days, there’s nothing that’s gonna get the heart pumping. We’ve got a long run of poor to marginal conditions. The good news? The wait might be worth it, because forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a blank run.

The first sniff of anything happens around Wednesday, August 12th. We’ve got tiny 0.5m (2ft) swell from the SW, with a long 17-second period. That’s proper groundswell, and at a point break like Latigo, that long period can actually be a bonus – better shaped waves, more energy. But the wind is a cross-on at 6 mph, and the waves are described as “poor surf conditions.” The combined wave energy is weak (196). Honestly, it’s not worth wetting a wetsuit.

Wednesday afternoon and all of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday look the same story – tiny swell, 0.5m to 0.9m (2ft to 3ft), mostly from the SSW. The winds are cross or onshore, keeping things messy. The energy stays weak to moderate (under 600). The water is a crazy warm 72°F, a whopping 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s very unusual, and you’ll notice it if you jump in, but the waves just aren’t there to enjoy it.

We roll into the second week, and it’s more of the same. Sunday the 16th through to Wednesday the 27th of August offers nothing but marginal or poor surf. Swell heights hover between 0.4m and 0.8m (1ft to 3ft). There are a couple of afternoons, like Saturday the 22nd, where we see a clean, cross-off wind, but the swell is only 0.4m (1ft) with a long period – it’ll be tiny and gutless.

The only real bump in energy comes on Thursday, August 27th, when we see a jump to 0.8m (3ft) from the SSE with a combined energy of 599. That’s moderate energy, but it’s from the SSE, not the preferred S direction, and the wind is cross-on in the morning and cross in the afternoon. Still just marginal. The period is a short 13 seconds, so it’s a weaker swell source.

Bottom line, Latigo Point is in a dry spell. For a spot that rarely breaks, this kind of quiet run is more the norm. There are no standouts here. If you’re desperate, the cleanest windows are on the afternoons of the 22nd and 23rd, but you’ll be scratching for ankle-biters. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Stay patient, check back in a few days.

Rusty.

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