Liencres Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Grab your wettie, let’s talk about Liencres.

It’s gonna take a few days to get going, but there’s some real clean fun heading our way towards the end of August and into early September.

Starting Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st – forget it. Swell around 4 – 5ft from the NW but the wind is onshore, cross-on, and we’ve got rain. Moderate to strong energy (409 to 600), but you’ll be fighting chop. Not worth the paddle.

Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd are small. Swell drops to 4ft then 2ft. The wind tries to go cross-off from the east, which is a good sign for shape, but the size is just too puny. Energy falls off a cliff from 258 down to 76. You could get a mini-mal out on Sunday morning but it’s a knee-high dribble.

Monday the 24th, still tiny. Nothing to see.

Tuesday the 25th, flat. Swell is almost nothing (0.3ft of a very long 13-second period groundswell), glassy in the morning. Energy at 14. Time to clean the wax off your board.

We stay quiet through the 26th with a little bump of 6ft WNW on Wednesday afternoon, but it’s onshore and choppy.

Now here’s the meat. Thursday the 27th brings a real pulse – 7ft to 8ft from the NW. Energy jumps to 622, then 989. The morning is blown out with 22 mph cross-onshore wind, but by Thursday afternoon, the wind is lighter, and the forecaster says it’s too big for Liencres for beginners. That’s a solid 8ft swell – experts only. If you’re good, that afternoon could be a beast.

Then the gold. Friday the 28th morning – a clean 6ft NW swell, 10-second period, energy of 632, with light cross-off winds from the SSW. This is the best morning of the first week. Clean, solid, not insane. You want to be in the water for this.

Saturday the 29th is so-so with cross-on wind. Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st both have glassy mornings on 5ft NW swell. Energy moderate (388-402). No wind. These are fun, user-friendly sessions for all levels.

Then our long-range standout: Tuesday morning the 2nd of September. Glassy, 6ft of NW swell at 10 seconds, energy of 586, and the forecaster is calling for “very good” surf. That is the one to bookmark. It’s a promise right now, but it looks sweet. Clean ocean, good shape.

Just a heads up – by Wednesday the 2nd afternoon, the swell jumps to 8ft and energy goes to 1032 – too big again for this spot, with messy cross-shore wind.

Liencres is a consistent break, exposed to the NW, and the water temp is about average for this time of year. Crowds can be “often”, so those glassy mornings are your best bet to have it to yourself.

Rusty.

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