Playa de San Xurxo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta level with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for Playa de San Xurxo. We’ve got a long dry spell before anything worthwhile shows up.

For the first stretch, from Wednesday the 8th right through until the morning of Tuesday the 22nd of July, it’s a total write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is all wrong, and the wave comment is consistently "poor surf conditions." You’ll see combined wave energy struggling, often below 130, and sometimes dipping into weak territory below 100 – it’s just not happening. Expect a lot of choppy, wind-affected junk with short, weak periods.

There is a glimmer, though. Mark your calendars for the morning of Wednesday the 22nd of July. That’s our one standout window. Playa de San Xurxo will see a clean 5ft groundswell from the NW with an 8-second period. The wind goes glassy – that’s a major positive – which will make for clean, lined-up waves. The combined energy hits 287, so there’s some proper push behind it. It’s an exposed beach and point setup, so the NW swell will wrap in nicely. This one’s for the intermediates; at 5ft, beginners might find it a bit much, but it’s not too gnarly. There’s no standout on the crowds other than "sometimes," so you might have some company but it won’t be a zoo.

The following morning, Thursday the 23rd, still has some size with a 7ft WNW swell, but the wind is cross-shore and the conditions are only marginal. The combined energy is a strong 615, but for experts only at that size, and the quality just isn’t there compared to the Wednesday glass-off.

So, the long and short of it: you’ve got over two weeks of flat to poor conditions to sort out your gear or find something else to do. The one real chance to get wet is the morning of July 22nd. It’s a promise from the forecast, but that’s a long way out, so keep an eye on it. A blank run like this is pretty normal for the area when the wind and swell don’t align.

Rusty.

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