Los Pocitos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Let's get straight into it for Los Pocitos. We've got a run of small, clean waves kicking off this Monday afternoon and stretching through the weekend, but the real standout is the following week.

The water's sitting at a warm 82°, dead average for this time of year, so no need to dig out the steamer.

Right now, Monday afternoon, waves are a modest 4ft from the ENE with a short 7-second period, and the wind's a gentle offshore breeze from the east. The combined energy is weak (215), so it's not going to blow your socks off, but it's clean and surfable. Tuesday morning sees a slight bump to 5ft, same short period, with the same clean offshore wind. The energy is still weak (209). Tuesday afternoon drops a fraction to 4ft, with a cross-offshore wind, still clean, but not as good. Wednesday and Thursday morning stay in the 4ft to 5ft range, clean with offshore winds, but the energy sits in the low one hundreds (176, 121) – definitely small-wave territory.

Then from Thursday morning through Saturday morning, the swell all but disappears, dropping to 0.3ft with energy as low as 2. That's a total flat spell of a few days, so don't bother paddling out. By Saturday afternoon, a tiny 3ft ENE swell creeps back in with energy of 80, and Sunday sees similar 4ft to 4ft stuff with energy up to 142. Still all very clean with offshore breezes, but nothing to get excited about.

Now, here's the standout. Monday the 7th of September into Tuesday the 8th is where it gets interesting. Swell jumps to 6ft from the ENE, still a short 7-8 second period, but the combined energy bumps up to a moderate 302-314. The wind is a moderate offshore breeze from the east, keeping things clean. The swell direction (ENE) is a solid match for the optimum direction from the north, so Los Pocitos will be picking up a good chunk of that energy. This is the best on offer – a solid 6ft of clean, offshore surf. It's not too big for intermediates, but beginners might find it a bit much at that size.

The rest of the second week holds onto 4ft to 5ft surf with similar offshore winds and energy in the 100-285 range, but it's all very ordinary – surfable but not spectacular. The week after that tapers off to flat again by the 15th.

Overall, the best bet is the Monday 7th to Tuesday 8th of September with the 6ft ENE swell and clean offshore winds. After that, it's small and clean but nothing to write home about.

Rusty.

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