Mutriku Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cooking for Mutriku over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – we’re in for a long, flat spell. For the first five days, from Saturday the 15th right through to Wednesday the 19th, it’s basically a lake out there. Tiny, weak waves with hardly any energy – the combined energy is barely getting out of the teens (18 to 93 range). The swell is small and short-period, mostly under 3 feet. You’d be wasting your time paddling out.

Then, Thursday the 20th morning shows a little pulse of life. The swell jumps to 2ft from the NW with a period stretching to 11 seconds – that’s proper groundswell energy – and the combined energy hits 122. The wind is glassy, so it’ll look pretty. But don't get too excited; the wave comment still says "poor surf conditions." It's just not got enough size to do anything with at this reef.

Now, Friday the 21st is where it finally gets interesting. We see the first real bump of the outlook. Swell kicks up to 5ft from the NW on Friday morning, with an 11-second period and a combined energy of 617 – that’s a solid moderate punch. The wind is light cross-shore, so it’ll be a bit wobbly but ridable. It's still rated as "marginal," but it's the best thing we’ve seen.

The standout of the whole 16-day window, though, is Monday the 24th. That morning, we have a 8ft swell from the NW, with a combined energy of 760, and the wind is blowing clean and cross-offshore from the west. That’s a recipe for some proper, lined-up waves at this sheltered reef. It’s on the bigger side – over 8ft by the afternoon – so this one is for the experienced crew only. Beginners, sit this one out. The water temp is sitting at 77°F, which is about 6° warmer than normal, so that's very unusual for the time of year – you won’t need a thick wetsuit, that’s for sure.

After that peak, it fades fast. Tuesday the 25th drops back to 5ft, and the wind turns messy with cross-shore breezes and even a risk of thunderstorms. The energy drops off a cliff after that, and from Wednesday the 26th onwards, we’re back to small, weak, and choppy waves until the very end of the month.

So here's the bottom line: the first five days are a total write-off. The best chance for a proper session is Monday the 24th of August, when Mutriku gets a solid NW groundswell and clean offshore winds. Get on it if you can handle the size. Otherwise, Friday the 21st offers a smaller but still worthy warm-up.

Rusty.

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