Playa Pantaleta Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let me take a squiz at the only game in town here, Playa Pantaleta.

Alright, family, it's Rusty. Over the next couple of weeks, we’re looking at a bit of a grind. There’s swell on the cards pretty consistently, but the conditions are just fighting it every step of the way. We've got an ENE swell rolling in for the whole stretch, with wave heights mostly hanging around the 3ft to 5ft mark. The problem is that stubborn east-northeasterly wind. It’s cross-shore for most of the period, which means it’s blowing right across the wave face. That’s not the clean, offshore perfection you want. The water temp is sitting at 81°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises in the wetty department.

For the first ten days, from Friday the 17th of July all the way through to about Tuesday the 28th, you’re honestly better off finding something else to do. The "poor surf conditions" tag is the story here. We get a moderate breeze kicking up a cross-chop, making things scrappy. The swell energy does bump up a bit – on the 19th we see a combined energy reading of 294 (moderate energy), but it’s all ruined by the wind. It's the kind of surf that will have you paddling out and paddling straight back in. There is a slight glimmer on Sunday the 26th afternoon and Monday the 27th morning, where the wind swings slightly more cross-offshore and the conditions are described as "clean," but it's still a very ordinary surf. Not worth writing home about.

Then, heading into the second week, the consistency of the swell starts to drop off. The energy values dip below the 100 mark regularly, and the wind stays stubbornly cross. It’s a long, lean run. The last sniff of anything remotely surfable is on Tuesday the 28th morning, with a 5ft swell showing marginal conditions, but it’s still a cross-shore breeze. After that, from Wednesday the 29th right through to Saturday the 1st of August, it’s just poor surf and dropping swell. A big gap of nothing worthwhile.

So, the honest call? There are no real standouts here. The best on offer – and I use that term loosely – is that brief window on the 26th and 27th. A swell from the NE at around 4ft to 4ft, period of 7 seconds (a short-period wind swell), with a light breeze that makes for clean faces. But even then, it’s only ordinary surf. For the rest, the cross-shore wind just kills it. If you’re desperate, you might get a few, but don’t get your hopes up.

Keep an eye on the charts, mate. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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