Los Cocos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s break down what’s happening on the water for the next couple of weeks.

It’s a rough run for Los Cocos, to be straight with you. The first decent sign of life isn’t until Friday the 14th, and even then, the conditions don’t hold for long. Mostly what we’ve got is a lot of cross-shore wind and not much in the way of proper swell.

The water temp is 80°F right now, which is about 1°F cooler than average for this time of year – nothing to write home about, just normal.

Now, your best bet is the Friday morning (14th August) window. That morning we’ve got a swell building from the east-northeast pushing around 6ft, with an 8-second period. The combined swell energy hits 458, which is a solid moderate push – the best energy of the whole 16 days. The wind is the key here: a light southeasterly at 6 mph, blowing cross-offshore. That’s going to clean the waves up proper. Expect good surf conditions for that session. This is a beach/jetty break, and the swell direction (ENE) is a touch off from the optimum NNE, so the lineup might be a little tricky, but it’s still the standout.

After that Friday morning, it’s pretty grim. The winds stay cross-shore (light to moderate) and the swell energy drops way down. The rest of the window has combined swell energy readings mostly between 80 and 322, with short 6- to 7-second periods. There is a small bump on Tuesday the 18th morning when the wind turns cross-offshore from the ESE at 3 mph, and a wee 2ft, 11-second period groundswell rolls in. That longer period gives a touch more shape, but at 2ft and a combined energy of just 131, it’s very ordinary and small.

So, you’re looking at a long wait with only one real highlight: Friday morning the 14th. That’s the session for anyone who’s intermediate or above – the 6ft swell is too big for novices. Everything else is a wash-out or kite-surfing weather. Patience, my friend.

Rusty.

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