Playa de Gros Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get real about the next two weeks. It's mostly a whole lot of nothing for the first stretch, with tiny, gutless waves and shifty winds killing any chance of a decent session. We're talking ankle-snappers and knee-high dribble, with cross-shore and onshore breezes messing with the surface. You get the odd glassy morning, like Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th, but the swell is just too weak to matter. The energy numbers are down in the 60s, which tells you all you need to know. It's a waiting game.

The water is running warm, at 75°, which is a good 4° above what's normal for this time of year. That's a big deal, feels like a bathtub out there.

Moving into the second week, the swell turns a bit more west-northwest, and there's a slight uptick in size, but the wind keeps mucking it up. A few mornings clean up with light offshore winds, like Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th, but the waves stay small and weak. The energy readings are only in the low 100s. You can paddle out and catch something, but you won't be writing home about it.

Now, for the one real highlight. It's a long way off, but circle Saturday the 22nd. The morning is looking like the best of the lot. The wind is forecast to be light offshore and glassy, and the swell, while not huge, is a clean 4ft from the northwest with a 10-second period. The energy is forecast to jump into the 200s, which is a big step up from everything else. It's not a monster, but it will be clean and have some punch. That's the session to target.

Before that, on Friday the 21st, there's a proper pulse of energy that gets the heart racing. The size jumps to 6ft from the northwest with an 11-second period, and the energy readings go through the roof, hitting 930. This is a lot of water moving. But the wind is cross and cross-on, which will tear it up. This one is for the experts only, and even then, it's going to be a fight. With size over the 5ft mark, it's not for novices, and the onshore wind will make it a wild, raw ocean. Could be more fun for the kite surfers than the paddle crew.

So, the long-range stuff looks promising, but it's a long time to wait. The near-term is a bust, so don't get your hopes up for the next week. The standouts are Friday the 21st for the big, raw power, and Saturday the 22nd for the clean, glassy waves everyone can get into. Let's just hope it all comes together.

Rusty.

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