Los Cocos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, checking the charts for Los Cocos. Let’s see what’s cooking.

Alright, let’s be honest, the outlook for Los Cocos over the next two weeks is a bit of a grind. The wind is stuck in a cross-shore pattern for almost the whole run, which is a real shame because the size is there from time to time. The water temp is sitting at 81° right now, which is right around average for this time of year, so at least it’s pleasant.

Thursday the 13th is a write-off. Tiny swell, a weak 2ft to 3ft from the northeast with a short period of 5 to 6 seconds, and the energy is just a flimsy 36 to 52 (weak). The risk of thunderstorms and a cross-shore breeze means the surface is a mess. No one should be getting wet.

Friday the 14th through Sunday the 16th is a tease. The swell bumps up to 5ft to 6ft from the northeast on Friday, with combined energy jumping into the moderate range (326 to 339), and the period is a short 8 seconds. It looks like it’s got some push, but that cross-wind just chops it all up. The forecast calls it "poor surf conditions." Saturday is similar, a little smaller. Sunday the 16th the wind lightens up, but it’s still cross-onshore, and the model is just calling it “marginal.” Not worth the paddle, really.

The one brief window that catches my eye is Monday morning, the 17th of August. We get a pulse of 5ft from the northeast with moderate energy (311), and for a few hours the wind goes cross-offshore out of the east-southeast. The forecast says "clean." That’s the best we’re going to see in this whole stretch. It’s still a short-period 8-second windswell, so don't expect a groundswell lined-up bomb, but it’ll be rideable and less choppy. For one morning, this is the pick of the forecast.

Then the wind switches back onshore Monday afternoon and it’s back to the same old cross-shore chop for the rest of the week.

For the second week, from the 22nd of August onward, it’s more of the same. The swell wanders around 4ft to 6ft, but the period stays criminally short at 6 to 7 seconds, and the wind refuses to get offshore. The combined energy is mostly weak to moderate (103 to 294) but always under the knife of that cross-breeze. Nothing to get excited about. There is a slight bump on Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th with 5ft to 6ft and moderate energy, but again, that cross-wind ruins the quality.

Honestly, the whole 16-day window is a battle against the wind. The only true stand out is Monday morning, the 17th. Set the alarm, get down to Los Cocos early, and hope the window holds. The rest of the time, consider the kite if you've got one.

Rusty out.

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