Surf Forecasts:
Manglecito surf forecast from 23 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 28 Aug, 12PM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period, N swell with 11 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Manglecito this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Manglecito in the next 16 days are 0.3m 8s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 28) at 12PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.6m 16s period and expected on Friday (Aug 28) at 12PM.
| Wave Type | Time (-06) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 12PM (Fri 28th Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Manglecito over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve been staring at the charts for Manglecito and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead. We’re looking at a solid 16-day run where the surf just doesn’t get its act together. There’s a big, sad gap right from the start with nothing worth paddling out for.
It kicks off on Sunday the 23rd of August with total flatness. Waves are a no-show Monday and Tuesday as well – we’re talking ankle-slappers if you can even call them that, with swell heights barely hitting 0.3 ft or 0.7 ft. The water temp is sitting at 78°, which is a whopping 8° warmer than normal for this time of year, so it feels like a bath out there, but that’s about the only thing going for it. The wind is mostly a light cross-off breeze from the SSE, keeping the surface clean, but without any swell, clean just means flat and shiny.
This flat spell drags on and on. Wednesday the 27th through to Friday the 4th of September is a desert – day after day of zero energy, just a few tiny bumps here and there. The combined swell energy is either zero or in the single digits, so it’s weaker than weak. A few days like Tuesday the 1st of September show a faint 0.3 ft from the NW with a period of 8 seconds, but that’s barely a ripple.
We finally see a little pulse of life on Sunday the 6th of September. Swell comes in from the WNW, bumping up to 1.0 ft with a period of 13 seconds – that’s a long-period groundswell, which means better shape potential, but the size is still tiny. The combined energy hits 28, so it’s still in the weak range. Winds are light and cross-off, so it’ll be clean. But honestly, for a spot rated as advanced and a reef-and-point setup, this is hardly worth suiting up for.
Monday the 7th of September brings the best of a bad bunch: a 1 ft swell from the NW with a 12-second period, energy reading 36. Still weak. The wind is a light cross-shore from the SE, creating a few little ripples on the surface, nothing disastrous. But the whole 16 days is a write-off. Manglecito is a reef and point that can be fairly consistent, but this run is just flat-out poor. There are no standouts, no days to circle on the calendar.
Keep the chin up, though. It doesn’t usually stay this dead forever.
– Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 23°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | N 8 | N 7 | NW 15 | N 8 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 19 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 6 | SW 14 | NW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:11AM1.50m | 00:11AM1.52m | 12:12PM1.57m | 1:00AM1.64m | 1:00PM1.67m | 1:39AM1.77m | 1:40PM1.78m | 2:13AM1.90m | 2:18PM1.87m | 2:45AM2.00m | 2:53PM1.94m | 3:17AM2.09m | 3:28PM1.99m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 5:43PM0.59m | 6:10AM0.75m | 6:36PM0.50m | 7:00AM0.65m | 7:18PM0.41m | 7:41AM0.55m | 7:55PM0.32m | 8:18AM0.44m | 8:29PM0.25m | 8:53AM0.35m | 9:02PM0.21m | 9:27AM0.28m | 9:35PM0.19m | ||||||||
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 | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSE 9 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 180 | 232 | 274 | 173 | 201 | 148 | 104 | 81 | 51 | 81 | 154 | 103 | 175 | 201 | 871 | 1014 | 1194 | 844 | 821 | 639 | 458 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | N 8 | N 7 | N 6 | S 8 | NW 16 |
| kJ | 255 | 56 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 55 | 33 | 211 | 134 | 365 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | N 8 | N 7 | NW 15 | N 8 | N 7 | N 8 | N 8 | SW 19 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | S 12 | SW 14 | S 11 | N 9 | N 8 | — | S 10 | S 7 | — | NW 16 |
| kJ | 56 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 66 | 21 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 |
| kJ | — | 172 | 157 | 140 | 110 | 99 | 89 | 52 | 58 | 60 | 62 | — | 56 | 55 | 39 | 51 | 69 | 49 | 25 | 35 | 28 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1223 | 98 | 98 | 967 | 1238 | 985 | 967 | 1238 | 970 | 98 | 98 | 967 | 98 | 98 | 15 | 15 | 98 | 15 | 15 | 98 | 98 |
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