Luz Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, and I’ll level with you straight up — it’s a pretty bleak outlook for Luz. We’re looking at a solid stretch of next to nothing on offer, so don’t get your hopes up.

For the next week or more, the swell is barely registering. Waves are tiny, mostly around 0.3 ft to 1 ft at best, with poor surf conditions called across every single session. There’s absolutely no standout here. The combined swell energy is pitiful, barely reaching double digits — best we see is a weak 52 on Sunday the 12th morning, but that’s still tied to 2 ft of weak, short-period windswell from the west. That’s barely enough for a foamie.

What little swell there is comes from the south and west, but the direction isn’t doing us any favours because Luz works best on a SSE. That mismatch means even if we had size, it wouldn’t wrap in well. On the bright side, the wind is often offshore or cross-offshore from the NW and NNW, so conditions stay clean on the surface — but with no wave to ride, clean just means a flat, pretty ocean.

There’s a long gap until we see anything even remotely rideable. By Sunday morning the 12th, we get the biggest pulse of the whole period: 2 ft from the west, period 8 seconds, with light offshore NNW wind at 6 mph. That’s your best chance, but let’s be real — it’s barely a ripple, and it’s inconsistent. Even for a point break like Luz, there’s just not enough push.

After that, it’s back to tiny dribbles and zeros on the 16th, 17th, 19th and 21st. The combined energy hits zero on a few afternoons. We see a little 1 ft pulse from the west with a 7-second period on Saturday the 18th morning, but again that’s not worth paddling out for.

Honestly, the whole 16-day window is a write-off for surfing. The setup and offshore winds would make it more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing during the stronger afternoon breezes, but for us wave riders? Put the board away and check back later.

Rusty.

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