Derecha de los Alemanes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin’ at you from the beach. Let’s break it down.

We’ve got a pretty grim stretch ahead for Derecha de los Alemanes. The whole sixteen-day window looks like a write-off for quality waves. The good news is the water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so it’s not freezing or boiling.

The pattern is rough from the get-go. From Wednesday the 19th right through to the end of August, it’s a constant battle with onshore and cross-shore winds, mostly howling from the north and north-northeast. The swell is there, but it’s a messy, short-period windswell. For instance, on the 19th, you’re looking at 3ft from the north, but with a puny 8-second period and cross-onshore wind, it’s just choppy junk (combined swell energy around 132). It stays in that poor category for days on end. The wind only gets stronger, with speeds hitting 22 mph from the 25th onwards, making things lumpy and just plain nasty. The swell does push up a bit, hitting 5ft on the 22nd and 6ft on the 27th, but with those winds, it’s not surfable.

We then hit a gap of several days where there’s absolutely nothing worth paddling out for. The first week of September doesn’t offer any relief. On the 1st, we finally see a longer period groundswell (13 seconds) from the NNW, with a big energy jump to 759, but it’s still crossed-up and choppy. The morning of the 2nd is the only time the whole forecast gets a tiny nod, with a 6ft north swell, a 12-second period, and moderate cross-onshore wind. It’s described as marginal at best (combined energy 1108), but with the wind still blowing cross-on, it’ll be a frustrating, bumpy session. The rest of the window after that just goes straight back to poor conditions.

Honestly, there are no standouts here. The entire 16 days is a bust. The only possible window for a paddle is that Wednesday morning, September 2nd, but it’s more of a hope than a plan. For a consistent reef break like this, a blank run like this is pretty normal for this area when the trades lock in.

Rusty.

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