Derecha de los Alemanes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right. Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – this is a tough stretch for Derecha de los Alemanes. The whole 16-day window is frustrating. For sixteen days, from 20 August through the end of the first week of September, every single session is marked poor surf conditions.

There’s simply no good surf to be had. The wind is stuck cross-on from the north or north-northeast almost constantly, and it’s moderate to fresh breeze speed (12 mph to 22 mph) most of the time, which keeps the surface chopped up or lumpy. Light cross-on wind on the morning of 23 August is the lightest it gets, but combined with a weak 3.3 ft swell at a short 10 seconds period, it just doesn’t produce anything rideable.

There is a pulse of bigger energy on 24 August with a NNW swell reaching 5.6 ft early and 5.2 ft in the afternoon, and the period stretches to 12 seconds, pushing the combined energy up into the strong range (792 in the morning, 656 in the afternoon). But the wind stays cross-on, and the surf quality doesn’t change – the wave comment still says poor surf conditions. It’s a tease at best.

From 28 August right through to 4 September, the swell hangs around 6.2 ft to 6.9 ft, with combined energy often over 500 (strong energy) and sometimes over 650, even hitting 664 on 1 September afternoon. That’s plenty of water moving, but every time the wind is fresh cross-on (or cross-shore with lumpy chop), so it’s messy, choppy, and unappealing for a paddle surfer. For experienced kiters, that same combination of solid swell and steady cross/onshore wind might look interesting, but for a surfboard, it’s no good.

The consistency is there – this reef is listed as consistent – but that means nothing without clean conditions. And for a beginner-friendly spot like this, the bigger swells over 5 ft and certainly over 6.5 ft are already too much, especially in lumpy, blown-out conditions.

It’s a completely blank run. For this area, a quiet stretch like this is more normal than unusual. Forecasts can change, but right now there’s nothing to recommend. Hang tight.

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