Playa Santa Teresa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, lookin' at the charts for the next couple weeks. We've got a run of surf that's gonna be consistent, but there's a real standout, a gem of a session, that you'd be mad to miss.

The overall pattern is a long, slow-burning pulse of SW groundswell, and for the most part, it's gonna be clean in the mornings. The water's a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 87°, so you can leave the thick wetsuit at home. The bad news is the afternoons get mucked up by onshore wind, so you're really hunting the dawn patrol windows.

We kick off Thursday the 27th with small stuff, around 2 ft from the SW, but that 18-second period is a proper long-range groundswell. The morning has a light cross-off breeze, so it's surfable, but nothing to write home about. The real action starts to build on Friday the 28th. Friday morning, the wind goes glassy, and we get a jump in size to 3 ft. That combined energy is jumping up to 654 (moderate), and the period is 19 seconds. You can feel the energy in the water. Saturday the 29th is the big one. That's your standout. We're lookin' at 5 ft of clean, glassy surf with a 16-second period from the SW. The combined energy is pumping at 1132 (strong). This is excellent, clean surf for experienced surfers. The morning will be magic.

Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st keep that energy going – solid 5 ft dropping to 4 ft, with glassy mornings. After that, into the first week of September, we see a slight drop in size but the quality holds. Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd offer clean 3 ft waves in the a.m. with those long-period SW pulses. Then we get another proper pulse building from Friday the 4th. Friday the 4th morning is another standout: 4 ft, glassy or light cross-off wind, and a combined energy of 1207 (strong). This is clean, pushy swell for the experienced crew. Saturday the 5th is similar, with 5 ft and glassy conditions in the morning.

The second week is more of the same rhythm: glassy mornings with building and fading SW swell, with highs around 4 ft on the 10th and 11th. Consistent, clean options, but the real fire is on the 29th of August and the 4th of September.

This is Playa Santa Teresa all the way – it's exposed to the SW, which is exactly where this swell is comin' from. The consistency here is reliable, and those offshore NE winds in the mornings are our best friend. Just be prepared to share the lineup on these days as it's a known spot, so crowds are possible, especially on the weekends.

Rusty.

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