Mundaka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s be real with you. Looking at the whole picture, it’s pretty bleak for a while. We’ve got a long stretch of flat, weak, and messy stuff before anything even looks like a wave. Nothing worth paddling out for until Tuesday the 11th, and even that is barely worth mentioning. We’re looking at a solid week of nothing – a real flat spell – before things start to stir again around the middle of next week.

Right now, and for the next bunch of days, it’s all small, short-period windswell with bad shape. The energy is just absent, mostly in the weak 30 to 50 range, with a brief, still weak, bump to just over 100 mid-week. Mornings might look glassy, like Tuesday morning with that light NW air, but there’s nothing underneath to ride.

We finally get a pulse that breaks the total flatness on Tuesday the 11th. The morning brings a glassy start with a small 2ft swell from the NW, period around 8 seconds, and a combined energy reading of 109 – still weak, but it’s something. It’s a wave, but it’s not Mundaka. That short period is no good for this spot.

The real change comes around the weekend of the 15th and 16th. Saturday the 15th morning sees a jump in size – about 4ft from the NW with an 8-second period, and the energy reading jumps to 264, the strongest of the whole window. The wind is light and glassy, so it’ll be clean at first. That’s your standout, but I’d call it promising rather than a lock. It’s still a week out, so don’t build it up too much, but it’s the first sign of life.

Sunday the 16th keeps that similar pulse – a touch bigger at 4ft, but with energy dropping to 165 – and the morning again looks glassy with light wind. It’s similar to Saturday, maybe a bit more size but less push behind it. A second chance at a wave, but nothing special. The period is still short, so Mundaka won’t be doing its best work, but it will be surfable.

This is a river wave, so it really needs that long-period groundswell to get good. These 7-8 second pulses are more like windswell bumps. The best of the bunch is Saturday the 15th, and even that is more about clean conditions and a bit of size than any real quality.

Water temp is about normal for this time of year, nothing odd there.

So, that’s the story. Wait out the first week, keep a loose eye on the weekend of the 15th and 16th. It’s not firing, but it’s better than nothing. Keep the expectations low and the board waxed.

Rusty.

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