Luz Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real about this one. I’m Rusty, and I’ve been looking at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and honestly, it’s a tough stretch for us at Luz. This is a point break that needs a solid SSE swell to get going, and we’re just not seeing it.

The first surfable waves don’t even show up until Friday morning, August 14th, and even then it’s a tiny 0.3ft from the SE, with a weak period of 5 seconds. The combined energy is a measly 1 (one) – that’s barely a ripple. We’ve got clean offshore winds from the NNW at 10 mph, but there’s nothing to ride. The afternoon stays the same: 0.3ft, still weak, but the wind picks up to 19 mph from the NW, still offshore, but it’s just blowing over a flat ocean.

The weekend isn’t any better. Saturday, August 15th, and Sunday, August 16th, we’re stuck with that same 0.3ft of swell, though the period does jump to 18 seconds on Saturday morning. That’s a long-period groundswell, but it’s coming from the S, which is off-angle for Luz. The combined energy is still pathetic (12 on Saturday morning, 10 on Sunday morning). The wind stays offshore, so the surface will be clean, but you’ll be paddling around on a millpond.

Then we hit a real dead zone. From Monday, August 17th, through to Wednesday, August 27th in the morning, there’s nothing but poor surf conditions. That’s an 11-day gap with no real swell. We get a few tiny pulses of 0.3ft to 2ft, but the energy is always in the single digits or low double digits, and the wind often turns onshore or cross-onshore, making it choppy. The one exception is Thursday, August 20th morning, when it goes glassy with a light NW breeze, but again, it’s just 0.3ft of weak SW swell.

The only real standout in this entire 16-day window is the very end. On Thursday afternoon, August 27th, things finally get interesting. The swell builds to 5ft from the SE, with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 236 (moderate wave energy). The wind goes glassy, from the SE at just 3 mph. It’s still not a perfect SSE direction for Luz, and the period is a bit short, but it’s the only time we’ll see any real waves. The water temperature is a very unusual 66°, which is about 5° colder than normal for this time of year – a real shock to the system.

So, if you’re desperate, you might get a couple of grovelly ones on a longboard on Friday the 14th or Saturday the 15th with the clean offshore wind. But don’t hold your breath. The only session worth getting excited about is that Thursday afternoon, August 27th. It’s more than a week away, so don’t book the day off yet, but it’s the only one on the books that has any real energy. Until then, the water’s going to be freezing and flat.

Rusty.

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