Surf Forecasts:
Manglecito surf forecast from 31 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 1 Aug, 6PM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period, NW swell with 21 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 12s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 01) at 6PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 7s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 01) at 3PM.
| Wave Type | Time (-06) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 6PM (Sat 1st Aug) | 1ft (0.3m) 12s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Manglecito over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a tough stretch ahead for Manglecito. Honestly, the next couple of weeks look pretty flat and uninviting. There’s barely a ripple on offer, and what little shows up is tiny and weak, with the wind never really doing us any favours.
We kick off on Thursday, 30th July. There’s a sliver of swell, 0.7ft from the WNW with a period of 11 seconds, but the combined wave energy is only 11 – that’s barely a pulse. The wind is a cross-off from the SSE at 12 mph, so the water will be clean, but with that size, it’s not worth paddling out for. The water temperature is sitting at 80°, which is far warmer than normal for this time of year – a real anomaly of 10°.
Friday the 31st offers a similar story: a 1ft swell from the NW, still a long 11-second period, but the energy barely climbs to 19. Same cross-off wind. It’s clean, but it’s a lake. Saturday and Sunday, the first two days of August, are dead flat with zero energy. You could water-ski on a glassy pane, but you won’t catch a wave.
The whole pattern continues week after week. There’s a tiny blip on Monday, 3rd August afternoon with a 0.7ft, 8-second windswell from the north, energy of 5, but that’s a joke. The only slight change comes on Saturday, 8th August afternoon, when the wind finally swings to a light SSW offshore at 9 mph, giving us a gentle offshore breeze for a little 0.7ft, 8-second north swell (energy of 5). It’s tidy but pathetic size.
We get a few more of those tiny north pulses around the 9th and 10th, 1ft and 0.7ft, with energy in the 11 to 14 range, but nothing that’ll get your heart racing. The wind is cross-off or light offshore, keeping the surface clean, but the waves are barely ankle-high.
Honestly, if you’re a kite surfer, the clean, flat water and consistent cross-off breeze might look interesting, but for paddle surfing, Manglecito is a write-off for the entire 16-day window. Don’t hold your breath; forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a big old blank.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | ||||||||||||||
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) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | SW 12 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | N 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 11 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | 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 | 3:17PM1.88m | 3:50AM1.98m | 3:53PM1.90m | 4:23AM2.03m | 4:28PM1.90m | 4:55AM2.04m | 5:05PM1.87m | 5:29AM2.03m | 5:44PM1.82m | 6:05AM1.99m | 6:27PM1.76m | 6:47AM1.92m | 7:18PM1.68m | |||||||
Low Tide | 9:31PM0.21m | 9:55AM0.41m | 10:04PM0.21m | 10:31AM0.38m | 10:37PM0.24m | 11:06AM0.37m | 11:11PM0.29m | 11:43AM0.37m | 11:48PM0.36m | 12:24PM0.39m | 00:29AM0.44m | 1:11PM0.42m | 1:19AM0.53m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — |
 | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 12 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 382 | 290 | 223 | 180 | 140 | 94 | 98 | 85 | 114 | 83 | 103 | 131 | 151 | 133 | 32 | 88 | 133 | 110 | 83 | 81 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 16 | S 11 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 16 | SSW 10 | SW 16 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 14 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 27 | 26 | 25 | 44 | 89 | 37 | 54 | 79 | 68 | 39 | 40 | 73 | 73 | 36 | 54 | 45 | 103 | 211 | 183 | 172 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | S 11 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 9 | N 8 | SW 15 | S 13 | SSW 11 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 11 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 39 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 71 | 65 | 42 | 166 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | — | — | — | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 56 | 68 | 67 | 97 | 113 | 117 | 141 | 158 | 173 | 196 | 163 | — | — | — | 140 | 137 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1278 | 974 | 967 | 1238 | 98 | 967 | 1238 | 98 | 974 | 1238 | 967 | 967 | 1238 | 967 | 967 | 1238 | 967 | 960 | 1279 | 98 |
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