Little Rincon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’ll level with you straight up. It’s pretty quiet out here for the next little while.

Looking at the whole 16-day stretch, there’s no real standout surf period. What we’ve got is a long run of tiny, weak waves with onshore or cross-onshore winds most of the time. You’re not going to find much to get excited about.

Right now, early July, we’ve got a small, weak SSW groundswell filtering in. Little Rincon is seeing waves around 1ft to 2ft, with a nice long period between 14 and 18 seconds, so there’s some shape in the water, but the energy is just too low (combined energy sits between 176 and 366). The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, which is a real bummer. Monday afternoon the 6th is clear, but with a light onshore breeze from the SW at 6 mph, it’s not going to be clean.

The water temp is sitting at 64°F, which is about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – not a big deal, just a little extra comfort.

Tuesday the 7th through to Sunday the 12th is more of the same: small waves, maybe 2ft to 2ft, mostly from the SSW. The wind stays on or cross-onshore. There’s some cloud cover on the 11th and 12th, but it doesn’t help the surf. Energy drops off from the 11th onwards, down to around 143.

By the second week, starting Monday the 13th, still nothing to write home about. The swell shifts a bit more westerly on the 14th and 15th, but the period drops to 8 or 9 seconds, so it’s weaker windswell. Energy is down in the 80 to 150 range. Winds are mostly light onshore, WSW breezes.

Towards the weekend of the 18th and 19th, we get another little pulse of long-period SSW swell (17-18 seconds), but it’s still only 1ft to 2ft and cross-onshore. Combined energy gets a tiny bump on the Sunday the 19th afternoon to 190, but that’s still weak.

Honestly, there’s really no best option here. If you had to pick a time, the mornings with lighter winds – like Wednesday the 8th or Saturday the 18th morning – might be your best bet for a few knee-to-waist high, clean-ish waves, but it’s a stretch. This break is fairly consistent in the sense that there’s almost always something, but it’s not quality.

The whole stretch is really just flat to small and messy. For a reef setup like Little Rincon, you want a solid groundswell and offshore wind – and neither is on the menu for a while.

Keep an eye on it though – forecasts can shift. For now, I’d say save the board wax.

Rusty

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