Luz Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking like a real struggle for surf around here. We've got a long, dry spell ahead with barely a ripple to get excited about, so don't be rushing to grab your board just yet.

Starting right now, we're looking at a blank run that stretches all the way through the first week and into the second. There's practically no swell energy to speak of. For instance, on Sunday the 9th, the combined swell energy is a flat zero (0). Monday the 10th kicks off with a tiny 0.3ft westerly swell, but with a period of 12 seconds, it's barely a bump and the wind is howling cross-offshore at 16 mph. The water temperature is sitting at 66°, which is a whopping 5° colder than usual for this time of year – that's a seriously cold anomaly, so you'll want a good thick wetsuit if you even bother paddling out. The only break on the cards is Luz, a point break that's rated as inconsistent. Given the state of things, it's not breaking at all.

We'll see a few small pulses of energy through the middle of the month. Around Saturday the 15th, we get a tiny 0.3ft southerly swell with a very long period of 18 seconds, which would normally be interesting, but the height is just too small to make anything of it. The combined energy is a weak 11 on Saturday afternoon. By Monday the 17th of August, we get a glassy morning with a 0.3ft SW swell, but the combined energy is still only 10 – a real non-event. The wind goes glassy, which would be beautiful, but there's nothing to ride. The following days just repeat the pattern: tiny 0.3ft to 0.7ft swells from the SSW and SW, with combined energy values barely cracking the 20s (26 on Tuesday 18th afternoon). The winds turn onshore and cross-onshore, making even the idea of a clean surface a distant memory. The whole setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, to be honest.

The best we can say is that on Friday the 21st through Sunday the 23rd, we see a persistent 0.3ft SW swell with cross-offshore winds, keeping the surface clean, but the combined energy is stuck in the single digits (7 to 8). It's pretty, but it's not surfable. We'll have to wait and see if the long-range forecasts bring anything real, but for now, this stretch is a total write-off. Don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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