Playa de Ris Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for a proper surf session. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and messy waves ahead. The energy just isn't there, and when there is a pulse, the wind or the period is all wrong. We're looking at a lot of closeouts and blown-out crumbly stuff. It’s the kind of forecast that makes you want to check your gear and dream, not paddle out.

The first real glimmer of hope doesn't show up until Tuesday the 9th, when we see a bump in size, but it’s coming with a short, choppy 8-second period from the NNW and onshore winds. That’s a messy, walled-up mess. That’s more of a washing machine than a surfable wave. We’ll see some 5.6ft to 7.5ft faces, but it’s going to be lumpy and hard to ride, mostly a closeout situation. The energy is there (788 on Wednesday morning), but it's all over the place. Honestly, that looks more interesting for the kite crew than for us paddle surfers.

The rest of that first week is a grind. We’ve got knee to waist-high dribble, mostly under 3ft, with periods that are either too short to hold up or just average. The morning glass-offs are nice, but there are just no waves to ride. A few clean windows on the 7th and 8th with 1.6ft – 2.6ft of swell, but that’s about as exciting as watching paint dry. The wind is light and the surface is clean, but there’s nothing behind it.

Then we hit a proper dead zone. From the 11th through the 17th, it's a whole lot of nothing. The swell drops off, and we’re just seeing tiny, weak energy readings in the double digits. The waves that show are just not worth the paddle. A couple of those mornings have that nice glassy look and even some clean cross-off breezes, but the ocean is basically flat. That’s a tough stretch. We're talking nearly a week with nothing on offer.

Around the 15th and 16th, there’s a slight bump in period, hitting 13-14 seconds, which is great in theory, but the swell height is still tiny, under 3ft. That long-period groundswell won't have enough size to do anything at Playa de Ris (Cantabria). It’ll just be some long-period slop, and the wind on the 16th turns onshore, ruining any chance of it cleaning up.

The real standout, the one to keep an eye on, is the morning of Saturday the 19th. Finally, the stars align for a moment. We’ve got a 4.3ft swell from the NNW, a nice 11-second period, and the wind is glassy, dead off the ENE. That combo is going to make for the cleanest, most fun waves we’ve seen in this whole forecast. It’s not huge, but it’s going to be proper, clean, and rideable. This is the one time where the forecast is actually saying "expect good surf conditions" (energy is 346). It's a promising call, but it's still over a week out, so don’t book the day off work just yet. But it’s a real tease.

Saturday afternoon looks like it will stay clean with a cross-off breeze, but the swell will be backing off a touch. The 20th has a couple of glassy mornings with 3.3ft, but by then, the energy is dropping again.

So here’s the bottom line: we have a long, frustrating stretch of small or poor waves. The standout session is that Saturday the 19th morning window. Everything else is a bunch of closeouts, flat spells, or blown-out junk. Keep the board waxed for that Saturday, though.

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