Mundaka Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s cast an eye over the next couple of weeks for the Mundaka stretch. It’s a mixed bag, a bit of a waiting game, but there are a couple of windows where it’ll all line up.

To start, we’ve got a few days of small, junky surf. The water is sitting at 73°, which is a few degrees warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a nice little bonus. But for the first few days, Thursday through Saturday, it’s all a bit poor. There’s a weak, short-period NW swell, mostly around 3 feet or less, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy. It’s not worth getting excited about.

The first real spark comes on Sunday morning the 13th. The wind drops out completely, going glassy, and that NW swell fills in to a clean 4 feet. The energy is moderate (546), and it’s got a nice long 13-second period to it. That’s proper groundswell. This is the first standout – a clean, glassy window to get some good ones. The afternoon gets a bit lumpy with a light cross-on, so make the most of the morning.

Monday morning the 14th is another good call. It’s got that cross-offshore ESE wind, which will groom things nicely. Swell is a clean 4 feet from the NW with a 12-second period and moderate energy (393). This is another solid morning session.

Then things fall apart for a while. From Monday afternoon through Wednesday the 16th, we have building, messy wind and rain showers. The swell jumps up over 7 feet on Tuesday afternoon (the 15th), but it’s short-period, onshore junk. This stretch is going to be properly ugly and blown out. Not for the faint-hearted, and more of a kite-surfing show than a paddling one, to be honest.

Thursday the 17th morning is a maybe. It’s 5 feet of NW swell with a good 11-second period, and a light onshore wind, but the comments say it’s questionable. Could be a bit of a diamond in the rough if the tide lines up, but it’s a gamble.

From there, we go through a flat, grovelly, and windy patch for the rest of that week. Lots of sub-3-foot, short-period NW windswell and cross-offshore or cross-shore breezes. Nothing worth ringing the alarm for.

The big one, the one to keep an eye on, is Monday the 21st. The energy spikes to over 1100 (1169), which is strong. We’re looking at 6 feet of NNW groundswell with a long 13-second period. The wind is only a gentle cross-shore breeze from the east. This is a standout, the biggest swell of the period. It’s a proper event, but it’s still over a week away, so treat it as promising rather than locked in. The wave comment says it's 'marginal' – likely tide-dependent – but this is the one with real size and power.

After that, Tuesday the 22nd morning looks good early with 4 feet of clean, glassy NW swell and another 12-second period. That’s a nice bonus before the wind picks up.

Then it fades off again. The rest of the period up to the 25th looks like more of the same – backed-off NW swell, small, and mostly cross-on winds. There’s a brief pulse on the 23rd with a very long 17-second period, but it’s only 3 feet, so it won’t have much push, and the wind might spoil it.

So, to wrap it up: your best bets are the Sunday 13th and Monday 14th mornings for clean, fun waves. And then look ahead to Monday the 21st for the real size and power – that’s the big one, but it’s a long way out, so keep your fingers crossed. For the rest of it... bring a book.

Rusty out.

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