Los Cocos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks around Los Cocos are going to test your patience. The whole 16-day window is pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of weak, short-period windswell with nothing to get excited about for days on end. The only sniff of something half-decent is right at the very end of the run, and even that comes with a big fat caveat.

The pattern is dominated by a persistent ENE windswell hanging around the 3 to 5 ft range, with periods mostly at 6 or 7 seconds. That’s just poor quality, chopped-up stuff. The combination energy readings are weak to barely moderate – we’re looking at numbers mostly between 55 and 230 (133 to 230 in the early days), which tells you this is all short-period junk with no grunt. Cross-shore winds are on it almost the whole time, so it’s messy and bumpy.

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of August are a complete write-off. Clear mornings, but the cross-shore breeze and those tiny, weak waves are not worth the sand in your wetsuit. Honestly, just stay home.

The first glimmer comes on Monday 31st of August morning. For a fleeting moment, the wind goes glassy – dead calm. The swell is tiny at 3 ft from the NE, with a 6-second period, but that flat-calm surface could make it look like a smooth little wave (combined energy 141). It's barely a pulse, but if you're desperate, you might snag a fun little waist-high runner before the wind gets on it. That’s your only real "maybe" in the first week and a half.

Then we hit a dead zone. From Tuesday 1st of September right through to Tuesday 8th of September, it’s just more of the same – poor surf, cross-wind, tiny swell. The combined energy drops right off, down to 55 and 48 on the 4th and 5th. A few mornings have a clearance, but the cross-breeze keeps it grovelly. Don't bother.

Here’s the one standout, but it’s a long-range call. On Wednesday 9th of September morning, we get another glass-off – dead calm, “slight air” wind. The swell bumps up to 5 ft from the ENE with a 7-second period, and the combined energy hits 227 (moderate). For this stretch, that’s the best we’ve got. The description says "good surf conditions." That ENE swell direction is not quite the optimium NNE we'd like to see for this beach/jetty setup, but with glassy conditions, the 5 ft waves will push through in clean lines. The period is still short, so it’ll be a bit junky, but it'll be by far the most fun session of the entire forecast. It’s a morning session only – the afternoon gets cross-wind and goes downhill.

After that, it fades. Thursday 10th and Friday 11th are back to cross-wind and small. The only other blip is Saturday 12th September morning – 5 ft from the ENE with an 8-second period and a combined energy of 351. That’s the biggest swell of the whole run, but the wind is cross and it’s described as "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions." It’ll be a messy, drifty possibility – for experienced surfers who know the bank, maybe worth a look, but beginners should skip it.

So, to wrap it up: the first week and a half is mostly junk. Your one real chance at a clean wave is Wednesday 9th September morning at Los Cocos. Be there at dawn, because it doesn't last. That glassy, 5 ft ENE windswell is as good as it gets in this very quiet window.

Rusty.

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