Los Naranjos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks at Los Naranjos aren’t going to have you calling in sick to work. It’s a run of small, ordinary surf with a whole lot of cross-onshore wind and the constant threat of thunderstorms. The swell is coming from the NE, but it’s weak, and the period is pretty short, so it’s lacking any real punch.

The water is sitting right around 83°F with the temperature pretty much spot on for this time of year, so at least you won't need a hood.

We kick off on Monday the 14th with a marginal 6ft of NE swell, but that 8-second period isn't doing it any favors. The ENE wind is cross-on, so it's a bit lumpy. Honestly, it's one of those days where you’re better off checking the tide and maybe having a look, but not getting your hopes up.

Tuesday the 15th drops a touch to 5ft in the morning, and it’s still cross-on. The afternoon glass-off is the only bright spot, cleaning up the 4ft waves, but it’s still pretty average. This pattern pretty much holds through the rest of the week: small NE swell, light ENE/NE cross-on breezes, and a lot of “marginal” forecasts.

The energy does dip into the weekend of the 20th, with the swell dropping to around 4ft and the period shrinking to 7 seconds. The combined energy is weak, reading around 131. We hit the low point on Monday the 21st with a pathetic 3ft of NE swell and only 74 combined energy. The waves are barely breaking. A few glassy patches appear in the second week, but the swell is too small to do anything with it.

We do see a little pulse of life on the morning of Tuesday the 23rd. The swell kicks back up to 4ft with an 8-second period, and with a glassy E wind, the forecast actually says “expect good surf conditions.” That’s your window. It's still not big, but it’ll be the cleanest waves of the whole stretch.

After that, it fades back out again. By the 25th, we’re down to 3ft and the period drops to 6 seconds, with the energy bottoming out at 43. It’s a tough go.

The last bit of hope comes on the 27th with a bit more NE swell filling in to 4ft and light winds, but it’s still nothing special.

And then look, right at the end of the run, on Tuesday the 29th of September, we get another pulse. The morning shows 5ft of NE swell with an 8-second period and the energy bumps back up to 264. The winds are light onshore, so not perfect, but the afternoon forecast is calling for glassy conditions on 4ft waves. That might be your best bet of the whole period, the real standout. It’s still a week and a half out, so don’t book the trip on it, but it’s got more promise than anything else.

So, in short: don’t get too excited for the next week and a half. It’s small, it’s onshore, and it’s just... ordinary. There are a couple of windows, mainly the 23rd and the 29th, where things might come together for a clean, small-wave session.

This is Rusty, keeping the stoke alive even when the ocean isn't.

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