Montanita Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Montanita are looking pretty bleak for a proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly onshore waves ahead, so if you’re hanging for a session, you might wanna find something else to do for a while.

The first real glimmer of something rideable doesn’t show up until Saturday the 23rd, and even then, it’s only a weak 2ft southwest groundswell with a long 18-second period. It’s marginal at best. The energy’s just not there – we’re talking combined energy readings in the low 200s, which is properly weak. Before that, from the 15th through the 22nd, it’s a whole lotta nothing: 1ft to 4ft of short, choppy slop with cross-onshore winds messing up any chance of a clean face.

One thing to note: through this whole flat spell, the wind is mostly light, which is good, but it’s coming from the west and southwest – that’s onshore at Montanita, so it just adds to the mess.

Come Friday the 22nd morning, there’s a brief window of glassy conditions with a tiny 2ft swell, but the period is a poor 10 seconds. It’s surfable, but only just. Don’t get too excited.

The real, and honestly only, standout in this whole outlook arrives on Saturday the 29th. A proper southwest groundswell pushes in – we’re talking 5ft to 5ft with a solid 15-second period. The combined energy jumps up to over 1000, which is the strongest we see in the whole 16 days. This is the one to circle on the calendar. Winds are light and it’s technically onshore, but it’s the biggest, cleanest swell on offer. This is a point and reef set-up, and a long-period southwest swell like this is exactly what it wants. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

The following morning, Sunday the 30th, still has some push – 4ft at 14 seconds – but the wind is cross-onshore, so it won’t be as clean as the day before. Still, after nine days of nothing, it’ll look like a dream.

Keep expectations low for the first week and a half, then start sharpening your fins for the 29th. It won’t be a classic by any stretch, but it’s the only real swell on the board. This is Rusty, signing off.

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