Playa de Arrigunaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you... the next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for Playa de Arrigunaga. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy surf ahead, so let’s not get too excited, but I’ll walk you through the whole run.

The water is sitting at 74°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s a solid 4°F above average, so you’ll be comfortable in a shorty or even just boardshorts.

We kick off on Tuesday, August 4th, with tiny 1ft swell from the WNW, but the morning is glassy – dead calm, no wind. Problem is, the wave energy is only 36, so it’s basically a lake. The afternoon turns cross-on with a light breeze, but still puny. Wednesday and Thursday are similar – small, weak, and mostly onshore or cross-on. The combined energy stays under 100, and the period is short, around 8 seconds or less, so expect crumbly, weak waves.

Friday morning, August 7th, is glassy again with 2ft from the NNW, but the energy is just 54 and the period is only 7 seconds – it’s barely surfable. Saturday and Sunday are the same story: small, short-period, and mostly cross-on. The period jumps to 11 seconds on Sunday morning, August 9th, with a bit more energy (94), but the wind is onshore, so it’s not clean.

Now, here’s where it gets a *little* interesting. Tuesday, August 11th, there’s a window. The morning shows 3ft from the NNW with a period of 9 seconds, and the wind is light easterly – that’s cross-off, so it’s clean. The combined energy is 198 (moderate), and the waves are surfable, but it’s still very ordinary. This is the best we’ve got in the first week, but it’s not a standout.

We then hit a real lull from Wednesday, August 12th, through to the end of the first week – tiny, weak, onshore slop. The energy drops to 21 and 26 on Thursday, August 13th – that’s essentially flat.

Then, on Saturday, August 15th, we see a bit of a pulse. The morning has 3ft from the NW with a 10-second period (energy 162), and the afternoon bumps to 3ft from the NW (energy 211). But the wind is onshore from the WNW and NW, so it’s messy. Not worth a trip.

The best-looking day in the whole window is Sunday, August 16th, in the morning. The swell is 2ft from the NNW, but the period is 10 seconds, the energy is 128 (moderate), and the wind is glassy from the NE. That’s clean, and the waves are surfable, but it’s still only 2ft. It’s the closest thing to a standout, but it’s tiny. However, the afternoon gets messy again.

Monday, August 17th, morning has 3ft from the NNW with a period of 8 seconds and a light easterly cross-off, so it’s clean. The energy is 103 (moderate). It’s surfable but ordinary. Tuesday, August 18th, morning is glassy again with 4ft from the NW, but the period is only 7 seconds, so it’s weak and short-interval junk.

Overall, it’s a grim run. There’s no real swell over 5ft, and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-on. The best windows are the glassy mornings on August 11th, 16th, and 18th, but the waves are small and the power is low. If you’re desperate, you might get a few knee-wobbly rides on the 11th or 16th, but honestly, this is a kite-surfing setup more than a paddle-surfing one – the onshore afternoons pick up a bit of wind chop, but it’s not for a proper surfer.

Hang in there, the forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a long wait.

Rusty

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