Manglecito Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, g’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m gonna level with you. The next 16 days are a tough stretch for any surf around here. We’ve got a real flat spell on our hands, and the breaks are gonna be quiet as a church mouse. There’s a long gap from now with no real swell to speak of, so don’t be in a rush to wax your board.

Let’s start with the one spot we’ve got on the radar – Manglecito. It’s a reef and point setup, fairly exposed but it’s just not getting any love from the ocean. The water temperature is sitting at 79°, which is a massive 8° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s very unusual, feels like a warm bath out there.

Looking at the first few days, it’s a total nothing show. Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th July are all cross-off winds with zero swell – absolutely flat. Saturday 25th July morning stays flat, but the afternoon coughs up a tiny 0.7 ft swell from the NNW with a period of 14 seconds, but the combined energy is a measly 21 – weak as water. The wind is a light cross-off, so the ocean is clean, but there’s nothing to ride. Sunday 26th is flat again.

We get a few more scraps on Monday 27th July – a 0.7 ft, 13-second swell from the NNW with energy of 17, and then a 0.3 ft, 13-second one in the afternoon. Still way too small. Tuesday 28th has a 0.3 ft, 12-second swell, energy 6. It’s just barely a ripple. Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th July have similar tiny pulses from the NW, all under 1.0 ft and with energy values in the single digits. The best of a bad bunch might be Thursday 30th afternoon with a 0.7 ft, 11-second swell from the NNW and energy of 12 – still nothing to write home about.

Friday 31st July afternoon shows a 1.0 ft, 11-second swell from the NW with energy 19 – the biggest we’ve seen, but it’s still tiny. Winds are cross-off at 12 mph, so it’s clean, but you’re gonna be sitting on a longboard hoping for a knee-high slosh.

Then from Saturday 1st August right through to Wednesday 6th August, it’s back to zero swell. Flat. Nothing. On Thursday 7th August morning, a little 0.7 ft, 8-second pulse from the north with energy 8 appears, and the afternoon has a 0.7 ft, 7-second pulse from the north with energy 7, but the period is short and the swell is too weak to do anything with.

So, the honest truth? There isn’t a standout session in the whole 16 days. The waves are too small, the energy is too low, and the consistency is poor. It’s a blank run that’s pretty normal for this area when the swell windows shut down. Keep your eyes on the forecast – it tends not to stay this poor for long, but for now, you’re better off finding something else to do. No kite surfing either, because the wind is mostly cross-off or light.

Rusty.

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