Little Rincon Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s talk about Little Rincon. I gotta be straight with you – looking at the next two and a half weeks, this is a tough stretch. The waves are gonna be small and mostly junk. It’s a real quiet period, and the best I can say is that there’s no real dangerous swell, but you’ll be scratching for anything rideable.

We start off here on Friday, July 3rd. It’s a tiny 0.5m swell from the SSW with a super long period of 16 seconds, so it’s got that deep groundswell feel, but the energy is weak at 150. The wind is cross-on from the south-southwest at 6 mph, and it’s messing up what little shape there is. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing special there. This same sort of weak, cross-onshore pattern just drags on through the whole first week. The swell stays between 0.4m and 0.7m, mostly from the SSW, with moderate energy (anywhere from 110 to 300+), but it’s all flagged as poor surf conditions. The wind stays onshore or cross-onshore pretty much the whole time. There’s no standout morning of clean glass this week.

Saturday, July 11th and Sunday, July 12th are a little different – the wind goes cross-shore, which is slightly better, but the swell is still just 0.4m to 0.5m. Not enough push to get excited about.

From Monday, July 13th, the swell direction shifts to the west, but the period drops way down to 8 or 9 seconds. That’s short-period, wind-swell junk – no power, no shape. The combined energy also drops off a cliff, hitting 95 and even 26 by the 15th. By Wednesday, July 15th, we’re down to 0.2m. The surf has pretty much died.

Thursday, July 16th and Friday, July 17th tease a little life – the swell comes back up to 0.3m to 0.4m with a long period of 16 seconds, but it’s still onshore wind. Saturday, July 18th finally sees a bit more energy – 0.5m from the SW, 18-second period, and the combined energy is 224 – but again, onshore breeze. It’s still poor.

So the brutal truth is this: over 16 days, the finder file shows zero recommendations. Not a single time slot scores above a zero. For an area like this, a long flat spell isn’t abnormal, but this one is dry. The only thing worth mentioning is that a couple of days in the second week (like the 18th) have a little more energy behind the swell, but the wind just won’t cooperate.

If you’re a paddle surfer, there’s not much to chase. The conditions are more suited for someone on a kite. I’d say take a break, check back in a few weeks, and hope the wind patterns shift.

Rusty.

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