Playa de Arrigunaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks at Playa de Arrigunaga.

Straight up, the water is weirdly warm right now – 75°, which is about 4° above what you’d expect for late August. That’s a big anomaly, and it’s going to feel like bathwater.

The outlook starts quiet. This Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th are poor, with tiny weak slop and messy winds. Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are just as flat or too crossed up to care about. Thursday the 27th morning shows a bit more energy (211) but it’s still poor, so forget it. That leaves a long, frustrating gap of nearly a week with nothing worth paddling for.

But then we get to Friday the 28th of August, and that’s the standout. Friday morning is clean with a cross-offshore breeze, and there’s a solid 7 ft swell from the NW with a period of 11 seconds. The combined energy is pumping at 1060. That’s real, punchy groundswell. The afternoon gets too big – 10 ft and onshore, only for experts if at all – so catch it early. Friday morning is the best session on the whole forecast.

Saturday the 29th morning sees the swell ease to 6 ft, but the wind goes glassy. Clean, lined-up waves with moderate energy (577). That’s a good session too, though the swell has dropped a bit.

After that, it fades. From Sunday the 30th right through to Monday the 7th of September, you’re looking at mostly small, weak, or onshore junk. There’s a few glassy moments here and there but the swell energy is low, mostly under 150, and the wave state is ordinary. A few mornings look clean but the waves just aren't there. The long period stuff on the 4th and 5th is too weak to get excited about.

Bottom line: wait for Friday morning the 28th. That’s the one. Everything else in the first week is a write-off, and the second week is mostly flat and forgettable.

Rusty.

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