Pescaderos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, grab a seat. Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Pescaderos is serving up over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, the start is a bit of a struggle. For the first several days, we’ve got small waves rolling in, but the quality is just not there. The water is a proper warm bath, about 70°, which is more than 5° warmer than what we'd usually expect for this time of year – that's very unusual. The swell is mostly coming from the SW, but it's got a crazy long period, 15 to 18 seconds. That's proper groundswell, but at a beach break like this, it'll be straight and fat more often than not. We're looking at a "poor surf conditions" tag for most of the mornings and afternoons right through until the 8th of September.

Thursday morning the 3rd, we've got a tiny 2 ft swell from the SW with a 15-second period, but the wind is a light cross-shore, and the combined energy is weak at 217. Not much to get excited about. The pulse builds a tiny bit over the weekend, hitting around 3 ft on Sunday the 6th, but the period drops to 14 seconds and the energy is moderate (585). Still, with cross-shore winds, it's not going to be clean.

There is a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel though. We finally get a "good surf conditions" call on Wednesday morning the 9th of September. The swell is still small at 3 ft from the SSW, with an 11-second period and moderate energy (326). The wind is a light cross-offshore, so it should be clean. It’s not huge, but it’s the best looking window after this long dry spell.

But the real standout, the one to circle on your calendar, is Friday the 11th of September. For the morning session, the forecast is for "very good surf conditions". The swell bumps up to a clean 4 ft from the WSW, with a 12-second period and strong wave energy (683). The wind is a light cross-offshore at just 6 mph. That's about as clean as it gets here. If you can only paddle out once over this whole period, that’s your window. The afternoon gets blown out by a 16 mph cross-offshore, so make sure you’re on it early.

After that little burst, it goes quiet again. From Saturday the 12th right through to the end of the 16-day window, we're back to tiny, weak swell and mostly "poor surf conditions". There's a bit of a pulse on the 17th and 18th of September with some long-period SW groundswell (20-21 seconds), but the heights are only 1 ft to 2 ft. The energy is moderate (329-440), but for a spot that can be inconsistent, it's just not going to do much. The winds are light and cross-shore or cross-on, so it'll be frustratingly close to being good but just won't have the size.

So, in short: It’s a long wait until Friday the 11th of September. Get on that morning session at Pescaderos. The rest is for the kites or a rest day.

Rusty.

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