El Sardinero - Primera Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for El Sardinero - Primera (Playa-de-Sardinero). I'll be straight with you – this ain't a classic 16-day outlook for the archives. It's a bit of a slow burn, so temper those expectations.

We're starting with a real dud for the first few days. Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th are basically non-starters. The energy is weak, with a combined swell energy scraping in at just 23 for Wednesday morning — that's a big fat zero on the fun scale. The wind is a mess, mostly onshore or cross-on, and the water is a touch warmer than normal at 72°F, but that's the only highlight. This is a quiet spell, and it’s going to last a while.

We drift through the first week with nothing but 'poor surf conditions' and tiny, weak waves. There's a stretch from Wednesday the 5th right through to Saturday the 16th where it's just not happening. You'll see a few clean windows with some cross-off winds, like Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th, but the swell is tiny – 0.9 ft to 2 ft – and the energy is anemic. The surf is there, but it's barely a ripple.

The best of the bunch, and I mean the *only* real standout in this whole period, is shaping up for Thursday the 20th. The morning session on the 20th is the one to circle. We've got a glassy, calm wind – that's a rare and beautiful thing. The swell is a modest 4 ft from the NW, with a combined energy of 208, which is a moderate kick. The report says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," but with glassy conditions, that's a major positive. This is a sneaky good window for a clean, small-wave session. The swell direction is NW, which is not the optimum N direction for this sheltered spot, but the glassy wind will make it work.

Later that afternoon, the wind switches onshore. So, it's a short window.

For the rest of the second week, from the 15th to the 19th, we see a little more size – 4 ft to 4 ft – but the wind is a problem. It's mostly cross-off or cross-on, which will keep the surface messy. The energy is moderate (up to 348), but the quality just isn't there.

So, in summary: a long, dry stretch until the very end. The only true standout is the morning of Thursday the 20th. Keep your eyes on that, but remember, it's a long way off, so don't bet the farm on it. The rest is a write-off for a proper paddle. For a spot like this, a blank run is more normal than you'd hope.

Rusty.

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