Derecha de los Alemanes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for Derecha de los Alemanes over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight up—it’s a pretty grim run. We’ve got a solid 16-day window here, but the first 13 days are basically a write-off for decent paddle surfing. From Tuesday the 25th of August all the way through to Sunday the 6th of September, every session is tagged as poor. The wind is your main problem—it’s parked out of the north and north-northeast, blowing a moderate to fresh breeze that’s either cross or cross-onshore, and the wave comment is poor through and through. The swell’s not doing us any favours either; most of the time it’s short-period, choppy windswell under 5 ft, with a few pulses of longer-period groundswell (11 seconds around the 29th) that bring stronger energy (combined energy hitting 936), but that wind just ruins it.

There’s a faint glimmer right at the tail end. On Monday the 7th of September morning, we finally see something different: the conditions nudge up to “marginal.” Swell drops to 3 ft from the west-northwest with a lovely long period of 14 seconds, and combined energy is a solid 782—strong and directed. The wind goes cross-shore from the NNE, moderate, with a cross-chop, but it’s the least offensive we’ve seen. That morning is the only real chance to get wet, but don’t expect much. The rest of that day and into Tuesday the 8th is back to poor, even though the swell holds around 4 ft to 5 ft, WNW, still long-period. The wind swings cross-on again and kills it.

The one standout—if you can call it that—is Monday morning, September 7th. Derecha de los Alemanes is a reef break, beginner-friendly, and it’s exposed to the NNW, which is pretty much the optimum direction we get from that WNW swell. The 14-second period means there’ll be some proper lines for a reef setup, with better shape and longer gaps between sets, making paddling out easier. The crowd can be around sometimes, but on a marginal day like this, it might not be packed. Swell is 3 ft, so it’s small but workable for a beginner-friendly wave. Keep an eye on the wind early. After that, it’s back to waiting.

Water temp? No data in the file for the anomaly, so we’ll skip that.

Sign off: Rusty.

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