Playa Santa Teresa Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Playa Santa Teresa over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a solid pulse of long-period groundswell rolling in. The water is sitting at 87°F which is much warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a nice bonus. The first real standout is Friday morning, the 4th. We’ve got a clean 4ft swell from the SW with a very long 17-second period, and a light offshore breeze from the ENE. The combined energy is pumping hard at 1230 (moderate-to-strong), and conditions are looking excellent for experienced surfers. This is a proper, powerful groundswell, so it’ll be hitting the reefs and points with some serious shape. It’s a bit much for beginners, but if you’ve got the skills, this is the pick of the window.

The wind gets a bit messy that afternoon, turning cross-on from the SSW with 5ft, so the morning is where it’s at.

Saturday the 5th is a no-go for quality – onshore SW wind and building swell to 6ft, but the wind state is unknown and the score is low. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday morning the 6th, we get a reprieve. The wind goes glassy from the E, and the swell drops to 5ft with a 14-second period. The energy is still decent at 846 (moderate), and it’s looking glassy. This is a good one for a broader range of surfers, as the size is more manageable.

The surf then tapers off through the middle of the week, with a mix of onshore winds and small, weak swell. There’s a long gap of several days here where the quality is marginal at best. Tuesday the 8th morning has a tiny 2ft glassy wave but the energy is weak (451), and Wednesday the 9th morning is glassy again with 3ft, but still nothing to write home about.

The next real highlight pops up on Thursday the 10th morning. The wind is a clean cross-offshore from the ENE, and we’ve got 4ft of SW groundswell with a 17-second period. The combined energy is back up to 1008 (moderate), and the conditions are described as excellent for experienced surfers. This is another really clean, powerful morning that will have the reefs looking good.

From there, the swell stays on the smaller side, but we get some beautiful glassy mornings. Friday the 11th morning, Saturday the 12th morning, and Sunday the 13th morning all have light or glassy winds with 3ft to 4ft of SW swell. The energy is moderate to low, but for a clean, small-wave session on a longboard, these are your windows.

The week of the 14th is very quiet. The swell is tiny, often under 3ft, with very long periods (18 seconds) which means those long lulls between sets. The energy is low (around 261 to 310). The standouts here are the glassy mornings on Monday the 14th and Thursday the 17th, but it’s strictly for the small-wave crew.

Now, looking further out, the weekend of the 18th and 19th has a flicker of something interesting. Saturday the 19th morning is glassy with 3ft of SW swell, but the period is a very long 19 seconds, and the energy is moderate at 574. This is a long-range promise, so keep an eye on it, but it could be a nice, clean long-period groundswell for the points.

So, for the best of the best: hammer Friday the 4th morning and Thursday the 10th morning. Those are the solid, clean, powerful sessions. Everything else is smaller and more weather-dependent, but there are plenty of glassy windows for a quiet paddle.

Rusty, signing off.

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