Mundaka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's break down what's coming.

First off, I gotta be honest – the next week and a half is a real mixed bag of frustration. For the first several days, the swell is tiny and the wind is a mess. We're looking at a long stretch of poor conditions before we get a couple of fleeting windows of hope.

Let's start with the big picture. For the first week, from Wednesday the 22nd right through to the end of July, the surf is struggling. The swell is small, mostly around 2ft to 4ft, and the wind is either onshore or cross-shore, making it choppy and messy. The water is currently a very warm 76°F at Mundaka, which is a solid 7°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that's a big anomaly, so you'll be swimming in bathwater.

The first real standout, and honestly the only true highlight in this whole 16-day window, is on Monday morning, July 27th. We get a glassy morning at Mundaka (river). The wind drops to zero, which is a major positive. The swell is a modest 4ft from the NW with a period of 10 seconds. The combined swell energy is a moderate 260. It's a river mouth, so a longer period NW swell like this can set up nicely. The downside? It's labelled as "surfable but very ordinary conditions" – the energy is there, but the wave shape isn't firing on all cylinders. It's still the best looking morning of the whole run, and with glassy conditions, it'll be clean. This is for experts only, as Mundaka is a tricky wave even on its best days.

Then we get another small window on Wednesday morning, July 29th, and Thursday morning, July 30th, both with glassy conditions again. Same story: 4ft from the NW, 10-second period, moderate energy (225 and 235). These are your "clean but small" options. They are promising, but the swell is still very average.

After that, the wind turns offshore on Friday afternoon, July 31st, with a SSE wind blowing at 12 mph, which is clean. But the swell drops to just 3ft with only 9 seconds of period. The combined energy is weak (107). It's clean, but it's a gutless little wave.

The rest of the run into the first week of August is a write-off. The swell disappears, dropping to 2ft and then even smaller, with poor wind and choppy conditions. The combined energy falls to 23 by the end. There's simply nothing to get excited about from the 1st of August onwards.

So, the bottom line: Your best bet is the Monday morning session on July 27th at Mundaka, or the glassy mornings on the 29th and 30th. It's not a world-class forecast, but it's the cleanest we're going to get in this stretch. Keep your expectations low and your eyes open for a change.

Rusty.

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