Playa Samara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Morning folks, Rusty here. Let's talk about the next couple of weeks at Playa Samara. We've got a mixed bag coming our way, so let's get into it.

The opening salvos are decent, but the real standout is going to be the first session on Thursday the 10th. We've got a solid 4ft SW groundswell at a nice 17 seconds, and with that light NE cross-offshore breeze, the place is going to be clean and lined up. The water is sitting at 87°, which is a couple degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so it's a bit of a bath, but you won't complain. The energy is moderate, coming in at 1045, and it's looking like excellent conditions for those who know what they're doing. It's a bit of a standout, so if you can sneak out of work, do it.

The weekend softens up a bit. Friday the 11th still has that SW swell, dropping to 4ft, but the morning is where it's at with that cross-offshore breeze keeping things glassy. The afternoons start to get a little marginal with an onshore breeze and a chance of a storm. By Saturday the 12th, it's smaller again at 3ft, and you'll want to get on it early before the wind turns onshore. Sunday the 13th is the smallest of the window, with just 2ft on the sets. It's still clean and glassy in the morning, but it'll be mushy and soft. While the energy has dropped to 309, the glassy conditions make it a cruisy longboard day.

Then we go through a bit of a flat spell. From Monday the 14th through to the middle of next week, the swell just isn't there. The size drops off to 2ft and 2ft and it's not really worth paddling out unless you're desperate. It's a lull, plain and simple.

Now, looking further out, the second week brings a bit more life. The swells start to pick up again around the 20th and 21st of September. We see the period jump back up around 19 seconds, the energy climbs back into the 700s and 800s, and the mornings are pure glass with light easterly breezes. It's a promising run of swell, but we're a week out, so treat it as a promising forecast rather than a guaranteed thing. The morning of Sunday the 20th, with that 3ft at 19 seconds and a glassy sea, will have some fun, rippable waves. And Monday the 21st looks great too, with the wind completely dropping to zero in the afternoon, leaving it totally glassy.

One thing to keep in mind is the tide. A few of those bigger morning swells also have some questionable tide conditions in the mix, so you'll want to be a little picky about when you paddle out. The afternoons through the second week are mostly stormy, with cross-on winds kicking up a bit of chop. Not ideal. As the swell builds to 6ft on the 24th, it's got a short 7-second period, which is a bit of a jumbled mess and less appealing. It's one to watch for the experts only. Overall, this beach and reef setup is best on the pushing tides with the mornings offering the cleanest surface. It looks like it could get interesting for the kite crew on the windier afternoons, but for us surfers, chase the glass.

This is Rusty, signing off. Stay wet.

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