Los Locos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for our stretch of coast.

Straight up, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – this is a quiet spell. We’ve got a long, drawn-out run of tiny, uninspiring surf ahead. For the first week and a half, you’ll be lucky to find a wave that’s worth getting wet for. The real story is a total lack of energy, with weak combined swell energy values mostly in the low double digits (52 to 80), and a whole lot of flat spells. There are solid gaps of several days where I wouldn’t even bother checking the beach.

The only spot in the game is Los Locos. It’s a consistent, exposed beginner-friendly break that loves a north-west swell, which is exactly what we’re getting. But the size is tiny – we’re looking at 1 ft to 3 ft for the whole period. The swell direction is good, coming from the NW, but the period is short, mostly around 5 to 11 seconds, so it’s mostly weak windswell, not proper groundswell.

The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no nasty surprises there.

Let’s walk through the first few days. Thursday the 9th is your best bet, and it’s still nothing to write home about. Morning has a clean 2 ft NW swell with a light offshore breeze from the NNE. It’s surfable, but the energy is weak (52). The afternoon stays clean with a 2 ft WNW swell, but the wind shifts to a cross-off. It’s just very ordinary.

Friday the 10th is a write-off. The wind goes cross-shore and the swell is messy. Forget it. Saturday the 11th gives us a glimmer – a 1 ft NW swell with a clean offshore NE wind at 9 mph. The period stretches to 11 seconds, which is the best we’ll see, but it’s still small. The energy is moderate (80), but the size is just too small to get excited about. Sunday the 12th and Monday the 13th are back to poor conditions.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Saturday morning the 11th. It’s the cleanest, highest quality we get. The offshore wind and the modest bump in period make it the pick of a very thin bunch. Even then, it’s a session for the longboard or a funboard, not a performance shortboard.

From the 14th right through to the 23rd of July, the forecast is a wasteland. We’ve got days of 0.3 ft to 2 ft slop, onshore winds, and combined energy dropping to single digits (1 to 13). It’s genuinely poor. There’s a brief flicker on Monday the 20th afternoon with a 3 ft NNW swell and clean cross-off wind, giving a combined energy of 59, but it’s a one-off in a sea of flatness.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, this is a kite surfer’s forecast, not a paddle surfer’s. The wind is strong and cross-shore on a lot of days, and the waves are too small and weak for anything fun unless you’re on a foil. If you’re desperate for a surf, Saturday morning the 11th is your only real shot, but keep your expectations on the floor.

Rusty.

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