Luz Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, grab a coffee, cos we gotta be honest here: the next two weeks are a bit of a dog for surf. For the whole sixteen-day run, Luz is the only spot that even registers a whisper, and honestly, it’s barely a whisper. The first week and a half is a write-off—flat, or so close to it that you’re just getting wet for the exercise. From now through to the 7th of September, every session is marked as poor surf conditions with wave heights that are next to nothing. You’ve got clean offshore wind straight out of the north and northwest most mornings, which is nice, but there’s nothing to ride. That’s nearly nine days of nothing. Don’t bother paddling out unless you need to wash your board.

Now, on the afternoon of Monday the 7th of September, something finally shows. The wind goes glassy, which is a huge positive—absolutely clean, like a mirror. You get a little westerly groundswell pushing in at about 2 ft with a period of 13 seconds. That’s a long period, so there’s some proper energy behind it—you can feel the power—and the combined energy reads 128 (moderate wave energy). But it’s still tiny. It’s surfable, but barely. Luz is a point break, which is good for a longer-period swell like this; it won’t just close out like a beachie would. Still, it’s inconsistent here at the best of times, and honestly, it’s a session for a longboard or maybe a funboard if you’re desperate.

After that little blip, it goes quiet again until around the 11th and 12th of September. On Friday the 11th, the afternoon turns glassy again, and there’s about 2 ft from the east-southeast with a short period of 6 seconds—so it’s windswell, weak and disorganised. Combined energy is only 22. That’s a nothing burger. Saturday the 12th morning is dead calm, glassy as hell, but only about 1 ft from the east-southeast at 6 seconds. You could maybe catch a dribbler on a log, but it’s not worth getting excited about.

If you look at the water temp for the first break day, it was recorded at about 68°F, which is about 3°F colder than average for this time of year—definitely a bit nippy for late summer. So bring a spring suit.

Bottom line: there’s no standout in this forecast. The only glimpse of something with a bit of push is that Monday 7th afternoon, with the glassy conditions and the 2-ft westerly groundswell, and it’s the best you’re gonna get. But even that is weak. For an area like this, when the consistency is “inconsistent” and the quality is “poor,” these blank runs are just what happens sometimes. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d keep the board in the car and the wetsuit dry.

Rusty

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