Los Locos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Los Locos.

Alright, listen up. The immediate outlook is a bit of a slow starter, but there’s a proper window of clean surf coming up if you’re patient. The water is sitting at 73°F, which is a solid 4°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s really noticeable, you won’t need a thick suit.

The first few days are a write-off. Tuesday the 21st starts with some super weak, short-period windswell. The Tuesday morning session is glassy but the swell is tiny and messy, the combined energy reading is weak at 169. By the afternoon, a strong offshore wind picks up to 16 mph, but that swell is still just 5 ft from the NNE with a period of 7 seconds – it’s all surface chop, no power. Not worth paddling out for.

Wednesday the 22nd through to Saturday the 26th is a real rough patch. Cross-onshore winds blow all day, every day, from the west and west-northwest. The swell height fluctuates between 2 ft and 6 ft, but the period never gets above 6 seconds and the combined energy is weak to moderate (usually under 114). The surf is just lumpy, choppy, and uninviting. There’s a window on Saturday afternoon with a 6 ft wave from the NW, but it’s blowing 22 mph onshore and there’s a risk of thunderstorms – that’s kite-surfing territory, not paddle surfing.

Now, here’s where it gets good. Monday morning the 27th of July, the wind drops to glassy – absolutely dead calm. The swell is 5 ft from the NW, but the period jumps to 10 seconds, which is proper groundswell. The combined energy reads a strong 460. That’s the standout of the whole forecast. The swell direction is a perfect match for the optimum NW direction at Los Locos. This is the best session on offer. The afternoon stays clean with a 12 mph offshore wind from the NE. Tuesday the 28th morning is still solid: 4 ft from the NNW with a 9-second period, combined energy of 240, and clean cross-offshore winds.

After that, it slowly fades. Wednesday the 29th has glassy conditions but the swell drops to 2 ft. From Thursday the 30th through to the end of the run on August 5th, it’s back to small, weak, and mostly cross-onshore conditions. The swell is all under 3 ft with periods of 6-8 seconds. There’s a brief pocket of clean offshore winds on the 3rd and 4th of August, but the waves are barely breaking at 3 ft. It’s a long dry spell in the second week.

So, the one true standout is Monday the 27th of July. Get on it. Glassy morning, solid 5 ft NW groundswell, ten-second period, and the water is warm. That’s as good as it gets in this window.

- Rusty

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