Nova Mar Bella Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's talk about what's on the table for Barcelona.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch. The raw energy just isn't there. The best swell we see tops out at a tiny 2 ft, and that's only on a couple of afternoons. We're looking at combined swell energy that barely scratches the teens for most of the period, only hitting a 22 on the 31st of July afternoon, which is still pretty weak. The rest of the time, the models are showing energy values between 0 and 8, which is the definition of flat to barely moving. That's a long, quiet period for the Barcelona coast.

Right now, the water is sitting at 80°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The first real chance to get wet is on Friday afternoon, July 17th. The swell is 1 ft from the ESE, but it's a short-period 4-second windswell, making it pretty weak, and those S winds are blowing cross-on at 9 mph, so it's going to be choppy. Not great.

Saturday the 18th morning is glassy, but the swell is a pathetic 0.3 ft, so it's a lake. Saturday afternoon picks up a tiny bit to 0.3 ft again, but it's onshore. Sunday is dead calm with zero swell.

We see a glimmer on Tuesday afternoon, July 21st. The swell hits 2 ft from the E, but it's still a short 4-second period, and those ESE winds are onshore again at 9 mph. The same setup repeats on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, July 23rd, is glassy with a 0.7 ft E swell – clean but flat.

The best of the bunch, and I mean the *best* of a bad bunch, looks to be Friday morning, July 24th. The swell is 2 ft from the E, the wind is light from the E at 3 mph, and it's glassy. That's the cleanest window we're going to see for a tiny wave. If you want to get a paddle in, that's your moment.

The run continues with very small, mostly messy waves through the end of July and into the start of August. The 31st of July afternoon shows a 2 ft E swell with a 4-second period, and the combined energy finally climbs to 22, but those S winds are blowing cross-on. It's a little bump, but it's not clean.

The rest of the days into the first week of August are a mix of glassy mornings with next to no swell, or afternoons chopped up by onshore winds. The inconsistency is the real story here. This isn't a stretch for surfing; it's a stretch for waiting.

Rusty

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