Playa de Arrigunaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. Rusty here. It’s gonna be a quiet spell for a while. Playa de Arrigunaga is a sandbar setup that’s usually fairly consistent, but the next two weeks are looking dead flat. The water is sitting at a very unusual 73°, which is a solid 6° warmer than normal for this time of year—that’s a big anomaly.

We’ve got no real swell on the cards for the first two weeks. The combined wave energy is tiny, barely hitting three digits on most days. The few tiny bumps we see—mostly around 1 to 2 feet from the NW—are too weak to do anything, and the wind is rarely playing ball. There is a tiny glimmer on Saturday the 11th; the morning shows a 1ft NNW groundswell with a long 12-second period and clean, cross-offshore wind. That’s the best of a very bad bunch, but at 1ft it’s still barely surfable.

After that, we hit a long gap. From the 12th right through to the 22nd of July, it’s flat and frustrated. Most sessions are blown out with onshore winds or just complete doldrums. You’ll find glassy mornings on the 13th, 18th, and 20th, but with only 1 to 2 feet of swell and short periods, it’s a lake out there.

Then, on Thursday the 23rd of July, we finally see something. A 7 to 8 foot WNW swell rolls in with a moderate 8-second period. The combined energy jumps to 587 to 632, which is moderate wave energy. But here’s the hang up: the wind is a light onshore or cross-onshore breeze, and the forecast calls it “marginal” with questionable conditions. That size is getting into expert-only territory, especially with onshore wind. It could be a mess, but it’s the only real swell in the whole outlook. Keep an eye on it, but don’t get your hopes up.

So, to sum it up: the first two weeks are a write-off. The 23rd offers the only real chance of a wave, but it’s a gamble.

- Rusty

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