Mundaka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards here. This forecast is almost entirely a tough watch for anyone wanting to paddle out at Mundaka. The first proper sniff of anything decent doesn’t show up for over a week, so there’s a big gap of pretty ordinary conditions to sit through.

Kicking off on Thursday the 3rd, it’s small with a 2ft swell from the NW at 8 seconds, and a cross-onshore ENE breeze at 12 mph making a mess of it. The combined swell energy is a weak 53, and honestly, it’s just poor. That theme runs right through the weekend and into the following week. There’s a bit more size on Saturday the 5th, with the swell building to 3ft then 5ft, but the wind is all wrong – cross-shore or cross-onshore – and the period’s a bit short, so it’s not going to stack up. The energy does climb (281 and 686), but it’s messy.

We get little glimpses of hope, like Friday morning the 4th with glassy conditions but only a tiny 2ft swell, and Wednesday the 9th and Friday the 11th also have glassy mornings, but again, the swell is tiny and weak. You’d be scratching around for anything.

Now, there’s a real standout hiding in there. Sunday the 13th of September is the one to circle. The morning is looking clear, with a glassy, offshore wind from the NE at only 3 mph. That alone is magic. The swell jumps to 6ft from the NNW, with a very long period of 14 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, clocking in at 1020. For a river mouth like Mundaka, that long-period NW/NNW swell is exactly what it needs to line up and produce some proper shaped waves. The winds are glassy, so it’s going to be clean. That morning window is the best on offer. It’s still an expert spot, and with that size and period, it’ll be a handful for anyone else.

Monday the 14th morning also looks pretty good, with a glassy W wind at 3 mph and a 4ft NW swell at 11 seconds, though the energy is lower at 297.

The water temperature is sitting at a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, coming in at 73°F, which is about a degree and a half above average. So it’s not a shock when you get in.

After that Sunday window, it trails off again into small, weak, and mostly onshore or cross-onshore conditions through to the end of the forecast.

So, to put it plainly: there’s a lot of flat and blown-out days to sit out, but Sunday the 13th morning is the real gem. Get on it.
Rusty

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