Playa Copey Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's talk about what's coming up for Playa Copey over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you—it's a tough stretch ahead, so don't get your hopes up too high. This is a point break that's consistent and exposed to swell, and right now the water temp is sitting at 81°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Looking at the whole picture, we've got a long run of nothing special. From now through to at least the end of August, the wave comment on every single session is "poor surf conditions" or "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions" at best. The only tiny glimmer comes on Sunday the 16th in the morning. That's the best of a bad bunch. You'll see an ENE swell at 3 ft, period around 10 seconds, with a SE wind blowing cross-offshore. That cross-offshore setup will leave the face clean, so it's actually surfable. The combined wave energy is weak at 120 (units), so don't expect any power, but it's the only window where the wind isn't messing things up. The swell is coming from ENE, and the optimum direction for this break is NE, so it's a bit off-angle, but still, it's the pick.

Every other day is a write-off. Wind is either cross-onshore or cross-shore, mostly from the ENE at 9 to 16 mph, which just chops the surface up. The swell is tiny too—hovering between 0.7 ft and 3 ft with periods all over the shop. On Tuesday afternoon the 25th of August, there's a spike in energy with a 2 ft swell from NE at a long 12-second period, and the combined energy shoots up to 192 (units), but the wind is cross-shore and the comment is still "poor surf conditions." That long-period groundswell could wrap around the point nicely, but with the wind blowing across it, it's not gonna be clean. Still, that's the second-best option, though it's nearly two weeks out and less certain.

There's a big gap of almost no surf worth paddling for. From the start right through to the 16th, it's all poor, then after that brief Sunday morning, it's back to poor all the way to the end of the month. For beginners, the swell never goes over 5 ft, so it's not too big, but the conditions are so ordinary it's hardly worth it. For experts, there's nothing over 8 ft, so no real challenge either.

If you're desperate, Sunday morning the 16th is your window. It's a point break, so those longer period swells (10 seconds) should wrap in and offer something, even if it's small. That's the only spot where I'd even bother checking. The rest of the time, with the cross-onshore and choppy conditions, this setup might actually be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing honestly.

Rusty.

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