Mundaka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for our local jewel, Mundaka.

We're looking at a slow start, I'm not gonna lie. There's a very long wait ahead of us. The first few days are a complete write-off, with tiny, weak swell and the wind all over the shop. You'll see a bit of a pulse pushing through later in the first week, but the wind just won't play ball, keeping it messy and cross-shore. It's a proper frustrating stretch.

Things finally start to show a glimmer of life on the morning of Saturday the 29th. We get a bit of a bump, around 4ft, from the NW. The real story that morning is the glassy conditions. The water is much warmer than usual for this time of year, coming in at 76°F.

Sunday the 30th looks similar. Another morning of clean, glassy conditions with 4ft NW swell. These are your "get in the water because it's clean" sessions, not epic Mundaka. The energy is moderate (238). The weekday mornings of the 1st and 2nd of September offer more of the same, with light winds and clean conditions, but the swell is still just ordinary.

Now, the real standout is shaping up for Monday the 7th of September. This is the one you circle on the calendar. We’re looking at a solid 7ft NW groundswell, with a very long period of 13 seconds. The energy is very strong (1352). That combination of size and period is a proper freight train. The morning has a light cross-offshore wind from the WSW, which is the dream for keeping that famous left wall clean and lined up. This is for experienced surfers only – 7ft waves at Mundaka with that kind of power is not a beginner's game. The crowd is likely to be thick, as it always is when it starts pumping.

The days leading up to it are worth a mention too. The morning of Thursday the 3rd, with 4ft and 10-second period from the NW and glassy conditions, looks like a good, clean warm-up. The morning of the 4th is similar, with 4ft NW swell and glassy conditions. The morning of the 8th is also clean with 4ft NW swell, but the energy is definitely lower.

The best of the best is that Monday the 7th morning session. It's the one with the biggest, longest-period swell and the cleanest wind. After that, the 9th of September morning is another clean one with a very long period swell, but the size is smaller.

So, to put it simply: you've got a long wait for the good stuff. The first week is a bust. The second weekend has some clean, small waves. But the real deal, the one worth waiting for, is Monday the 7th of September. Mark it down.

Rusty.

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