Manglecito Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta level with you. We’re looking at a pretty flat stretch ahead at Manglecito. This is a reef and point set-up that’s usually fairly consistent, but right now, the ocean’s just not cooperating. There’s nothing on the table for the entire 16-day run that’s worth paddling out for, and that’s a tough pill to swallow.

Let’s break it down. The first few days, through Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th, we’ve got tiny, weak swell. We’re talking 1ft and 1ft, with a period of 11 seconds. The energy is weak, registering only 31 and 19 in the combined energy. Winds are cross-offshore from the SSE at around 12 mph. It’s clean, but there’s just nothing to ride. It’s a lake out there.

That pattern holds right through the middle of the month. From Friday the 11th all the way through to the 23rd, there are long gaps where there’s literally no swell registering at all. A bit of 0.3ft shows up here and there, like on the morning of Sunday the 13th and again on Monday the 14th, but the period is a short 9-10 seconds and the energy reading is down in the single digits (4, 3, 3). That’s just not surf. It’s barely a ripple.

Even the longer period swell that pops up on the 15th, with 14 seconds, still only delivers 0.3ft of wave height. That’s the kind of swell that sets your heart racing if you see it on the forecast, but the size just isn’t there. It’s a ghost.

The second week isn’t any better. The 20th sees a small 0.7ft bump with an 8-second period, and the energy is only 5. The 24th, the last day in our window, is more of the same—0.3ft, 8-second period, and 3 points of energy. All of it is poor surf conditions.

Honestly, with conditions this poor, if you’re desperate for some kind of thrill, the cross-off winds and clean surface might make it look a bit more interesting for a kite surfer than for a paddle surfer. But for us, it’s a blank run.

I know it’s bleak, but this spot is fairly consistent, so it tends not to stay this poor for long. Forecasts can shift, so keep an eye out. But for now, you might as well wax the board and just look at it.

Rusty, out.

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