Los Cocos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's cooking for Los Cocos.

Honestly, it's a grim 16-day stretch. The whole pattern is locked in with a persistent east-northeast breeze that's trash for the surf quality. The swell shows up, but the wind just ruins it.

We kick off on July 29th with a small 0.9m swell, but it's short-period junk at 6 seconds from the ENE. The wind is cross-shore, the energy is weak at 65, and there's a risk of thunderstorms. It's a washout. This pattern of poor conditions just keeps rolling. Through the end of July, the swell actually builds to 1.7m, with energy hitting 310 on the morning of the 31st, but that easterly wind cuts it to pieces. It's all marked as poor surf.

The only little window is on the morning of August 1st. The wind goes totally glassy. You've got a modest 1ft wave from the NE with 126 energy. It's ordinary, nothing to write home about, but it is clean. That's about the only time you could get a decent paddle. The afternoon stays glassy, too, but again, it's "surfable but very ordinary."

After that one Saturday, we're straight back into the cross-shore wind nightmare. From August 2nd all the way to the 13th, it's a blur of poor to marginal surf. The swell sticks around, consistently 1ft to 2ft, with moderate to strong energy, but that easterly wind never lets up. By the 12th and 13th of August, the period stretches a bit to 8 seconds and the energy is strong (264), but the call is still "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions." It's a tough beat.

So there are no real standouts. The best you get is that glassy Saturday, August 1st. It won't be big, but it'll be clean. The water is warm and pretty normal for this time of year. The crowds can show up here sometimes, so on that clean day, expect a few locals out.

With that wind staying strong from the east on a beach/jetty setup, this whole window might honestly be better for kite surfing than a paddle. It's just not shaping up for us.

Rusty.

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