Pescaderos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here.

Well, I gotta be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and underwhelming for Pescaderos. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak swell and a whole lot of nothing to get excited about. The water is sitting at 70°, which is *much warmer* than usual for this time of year – a real standout anomaly that's about 7° above normal.

The first real flicker of life doesn't even show up until Tuesday afternoon, the 25th of August. Even then, we’re talking about a tiny 1ft cross-off wind swell from the W. It’s clean, but barely surfable. The combined energy is weak (156). You'd be on a log or a foamy, and even then it's a struggle.

Things get a little more interesting towards Friday the 28th. The afternoon brings a clean 4ft cross-off from the WNW. The period is a short 8 seconds, so it’s a wind swell, but the energy bumps up to a moderate 317. It’s a “good surf conditions” call, but the swell is small and short-period. It’s the closest thing to a highlight in this first week, but it’s still not a standout.

There’s another pulse of energy on the 30th of August – Sunday morning shows 5ft from the WNW with a massive energy reading of 547, but the period is a snappy 8 seconds again. That’s a lot of chop. It might be a bit much for beginners and not clean enough for the experts. The afternoon clean-up from the SSW is a better bet at 2ft and a longer 14-second period, but it’s still small.

Looking further out, the first week of September is a rinse and repeat of small, clean but weak surf. The best chance for a proper, glassy session looks to be on Sunday, the 6th of September. The morning has glassy conditions with a light SSW wind, a 2ft SSW swell, and a nice 15-second period. The energy is moderate (355). That's your best bet for a clean, cruisy longboard wave in the entire 16-day window. It’s a long-range call so keep an eye on it, but it’s the true standout of the forecast.

For the most part, unless you’re happy with a micro-session on a longboard, the surf is going to be a letdown. The setup here with the light cross-shore winds and small, short-period swell could actually be more fun for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer during the bigger, messier days.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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