Los Cocos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Los Cocos over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next week and a half is a real struggle. We’ve got a long, frustrating stretch of weak, short-period windswell and cross-shore winds. The water temp is sitting right around 82°, which is dead average for this time of year, so no surprises there. But the waves? Forget it. The combined energy is barely cracking 36 (weak energy) to start, and it’s basically all poor surf conditions until we see a glimmer of hope.

We finally get a bit of a pulse on Sunday, the 13th of September. The morning swell bumps up to 5 ft from the ENE, and the combined energy hits 222 (moderate wave energy). The catch? It’s a messy cross-shore wind and the conditions are still only marginal. If you’re desperate, you could paddle out, but don’t expect much.

The real standout – and I mean the only one worth circling on the calendar – comes Wednesday the 16th of September. We get a morning of glassy conditions with a light W wind, and the swell is 3 ft from the ENE. The energy is still low at 86 (weak energy), but the wind is *glass* and the afternoon goes totally calm with zero wind. It’s surfable, but ordinary. For a beach/jetty setup like Los Cocos, that’s about as good as it gets in this window. The swell direction is coming from the ENE, which is a touch off the optimum NNE, but it’s still workable.

Thursday the 17th sees a bit of a cross-offshore breeze in the afternoon, but the swell drops back to 3 ft with a short period of 6 seconds, and the energy is weak. It’s clean, but there’s just not enough push.

Bottom line: this is a tough run. If you’re after a paddle, Wednesday the 16th is your best bet for a clean, glassy session on small, weak waves. For the rest of the window, it’s a lot of waiting. There’s a chance conditions improve, but as it stands, we’re in a dry spell.

Rusty.

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