Playa de Arrigunaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cooking for Playa de Arrigunaga over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a slow burner, but there are a couple of windows that’ll get you out.

We kick off the forecast period with a solid Tuesday morning (September 1). The swell is a clean 4ft from the NW with a 10-second period, and the wind is a light cross-offshore breeze from the east. The water is about average for this time of year – nothing weird going on temp-wise. The swell energy is moderate (341). The waves are shaping up to be clean, and this is the pick of the entire forecast. It’s a fairly consistent sandbar, but it can get crowded often, so expect company if you paddle out.

Things drop off fast after that. We get a tiny, glassy 3ft on Wednesday morning (September 2), but the energy is weak (85) and the waves are just ordinary. Then from Wednesday afternoon (September 2) all the way through to Saturday morning (September 5), the surf is poor. There’s a 5-day stretch where the swell is tiny and the wind is messy. Not worth the paddle.

Saturday morning (September 5) brings a little pulse back: 3ft from the NW, but with a long 11-second period. The combined energy is moderate (200), and the wind is light cross-off, so it’s clean. It’s still only ordinary, but you’ll get a few.

Here’s a glimmer. Sunday morning (September 6) is the second standout. We’ve got 4ft of swell from the NNW, with a nice 11-second period. The energy is moderate (345), and we’ve got a true offshore wind from the SSE. This is going to be the cleanest, most lined-up the beach gets in the whole run. If you can only go once, this is your morning.

From Sunday afternoon (September 6) the quality slides back into marginal or poor conditions. The wind turns onshore and choppy on Monday (September 7), and the week after that is a write-off. There’s a long stretch of tiny, weak swells (1.0ft to 2ft) and variable winds, with a little spike of 4ft on Thursday morning (September 10) and Friday morning (September 11), but the wind is cross-on or onshore, making it a mess. The energy is moderate (273 to 379), but the wind screws it up. On Saturday morning (September 12), we get a glassy 3ft with a 10-second period, but the energy is only 148, and it’s just ordinary again.

The final week (September 13 to 16) is flat or blown out. Tiny waves, weak energy, and onshore winds. Not a surfable day in the lot.

So, the bottom line: Tuesday morning (September 1) and Sunday morning (September 6) are your best bets. The rest of the month is a barren stretch for Playa de Arrigunaga.

Rusty.

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