Pescaderos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Honestly, I'm looking at the charts and it's a bit of a quiet spell coming up. We've got a long stretch of small, weak swell with mostly cross-shore winds, so don't expect much for the next week and a half. The first real chance of anything decent doesn't show up until late in the period.

The water is sitting at about 70° which is a good 7° warmer than usual for this time of year. It's like swimming in a bath, which is nice, but the waves are the problem.

The forecast starts with a long gap. From Tuesday the 11th right through to the 20th, the surf is mostly poor. We're looking at tiny 1ft to 3ft waves from the SSW and SW, with periods that are all over the place. The combined energy is weak to moderate, mostly bouncing around in the 100 to 300 range. The wind is mostly cross or cross-on, which just adds a bit of chop. A few mornings, like Thursday the 13th, go glassy, but with only 2ft of swell, it's barely enough to get wet. It's surfable for a beginner on a foamie, but that's about it. This quiet run goes on until the 20th.

Now, the first little glimmer of something is on Thursday the 20th of August. The morning shows a 3ft wave from the west, but the period is a short 9 seconds, so it's going to be a bit weak and crumbly. The combined energy is moderate at 321. Still, with a gentle cross-shore, it's the most size we've seen in a while, but it's not a standout.

Things get a bit more interesting for the last few days of the forecast. The morning of Tuesday the 25th of August has a 2ft SSW swell with a 17-second period. That's a long-period groundswell. The energy reading jumps up to 457, which is a moderate push. The wind is light cross-shore, so it should be clean. This is a point break or reef set-up kind of swell, so at Pescaderos, a beach break, it might be a little too straight.

The best bet of the whole outlook, and it's still a marginal call, is the morning of Wednesday the 26th of August. We're looking at a 2ft swell from the SSE with a 16-second period and a combined energy of 529. The wind is light cross-shore, so it's clean. Then that afternoon, the swell bumps up to 3ft from the SSE, with a 16-second period, and the energy rockets to 937. That's a proper moderate pulse. The wind is a gentle cross-shore, so it'll be a little bumpy but still surfable. For Pescaderos, that's the most energy we've seen in the whole 16 days, and it's the only one worth setting an alarm for. It's not a guarantee, but it looks promising.

For the rest of it, it's slim pickings. If you're a beginner, any of those glassy mornings with tiny waves might be a laugh, but for anyone looking for a proper wave, hold out for the 26th.

Rusty.

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