Los Locos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, with a look at what Los Locos has in store for us over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there are definitely some windows to get excited about.

We're starting off a little slow. The first couple of days are small and pretty average. Wednesday afternoon the 26th is a write-off with onshore wind and only 1ft of weak, poorly shaped swell. Thursday the 27th shows a bit more promise early, with a clean 3ft from the WNW and glassy conditions, but it's not much to write home about. We've got a solid stretch of nothing special until we get to the real standout.

The real highlight, and the one to circle on your calendar, is the morning of Sunday the 30th of August. That's our best bet. We’ve got a clean 5ft of NW swell rolling in, and the wind is glassy from the WNW. The combined wave energy is a solid 584, telling you there's some proper grunt behind it. This is the kind of morning that makes the whole drive worth it. A 10-second period on a NW swell is right in the sweet spot for Los Locos. The water temp is sitting at 72°, about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so maybe ditch the steamer for a spring suit.

That Sunday is the top of the heap, but Monday the 31st isn't far behind. We've got a consistent 5ft swell from the NW, with glassy conditions in the morning and a clean offshore breeze from the NE in the afternoon. The energy is still pumping at 445. That's two days of solid, clean surf back-to-back.

Things start to taper off after that. We get some more surfable waves through the first few days of September, with generally clean conditions, but the swell drops off. The end of the first week and into the second week sees the swell dropping right down to 2ft to 2ft. It's all "ordinary" from there on out. There's a brief pop in size on the 9th of September (Wednesday) with a 4ft NW swell, but it's a short-period 7-second wind swell, and the energy is weak at 114 – not the same animal as the groundswell we saw earlier. The week after the 30th is looking like a long, quiet grind.

So, to sum it up: Don't bother paddling out until the weekend. Sunday the 30th of August is the undisputed champ of this forecast. Get on it, because the long-range stuff after that is nothing but a tease. It’s consistent here at Los Locos, so a poor run like this won't last forever, but right now, that Sunday is your only real shot at something special. If you’re out there, you’ll see me.

Rusty.

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