Playa de Ereaga Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it.

We’re looking at a pretty quiet spell for Playa de Ereaga. Don’t get your hopes up too high, because the entire 16-day window is a bit of a struggle. The forecast is showing nothing but poor surf conditions all the way through. There’s no real standout day, no magic window to aim for.

The first glimmer of anything is around Tuesday the 14th of July, but it’s tiny. We’re talking about a 1 ft swell from the NNW, with a period of just 5 seconds. That’s short-period, weak energy (20) and it’s just not going to push through with any shape. The morning has glassy conditions, which is nice, but the swell is just too small and weak to do anything with. The afternoon is a bit worse with a cross-on wind messing it up.

Through the rest of the week, it’s a real grind. The swell stays small, rarely breaking 2 ft, and the period is consistently short. On Saturday the 18th, it gets even weaker with energy dropping to just 8. The wind is glassy in the morning, but there’s nothing to ride.

We do get a slight bump in energy around the 20th and 21st, with the swell pushing up to 3 ft to 3 ft from the NNE, and the energy creeping into the 60s and 80s. But it’s still a short-period swell, and the wind is cross or cross-on, which keeps it all messy. It’s still poor.

The best chance for anything at all comes on the morning of Friday the 24th of July. The swell hits 3 ft from the NW, with a period of 8 seconds, and the energy jumps to 129 (moderate). That’s the most energy we see in the whole run. But, the wind is onshore from the NW, which is exactly the wrong direction for this break. The wave comment is still “poor surf conditions.” It’s just not going to be clean.

Even the last few days, like the 27th, show a bit of energy (115) with a 3 ft NW swell, and a glassy morning, but the period is still only 9 seconds, and the wind shifts onshore in the afternoon. It’s a constant tease.

Playa de Ereaga is a sheltered spot, rarely breaks, and with this forecast, it’s just not happening. For a beginner, the swell is barely there, and when it does show, it’s too short-period and poorly shaped. Honestly, this setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than anyone with a paddleboard. There’s a real gap of consistent poor conditions here, with no real recovery in sight.

Rusty.

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