Playa de Somo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, grab a coffee and settle in, because we’re looking at the full 16-day picture for Playa de Somo. The honest truth is, this stretch is a real mixed bag, and for most of the run, we’re chasing small windows of clean conditions rather than a full-on swell event. We’ve got a long wait for anything truly worth getting wet for, with a lot of "meh" and "nope" in between.

The standout is Sunday morning, the 30th of August. That’s the one to circle. We’ve got a clean 6 ft groundswell from the NW, with a period of 11 seconds, and combined wave energy sitting at a solid 652 – that’s moderate. The wind is glassy, straight off the land, so the bay should be smooth as butter. That’s the best session we’ll see, without a doubt. For a sheltered spot like this, that’s a nice little pulse.

Before that, the early part of the week is a bit of a write-off. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th have some small, weak swell, but the wind is messy or onshore, so it’s not worth the paddle out. Saturday morning the 29th actually has a glassy 5 ft NW swell, but the period is short at 9 seconds and the energy is only moderate (314), so it’s surfable but nothing to get too excited about.

After Sunday, the start of the following week (Monday 31st and Tuesday 1st September) gets a little messy again with cross-onshore winds making the surf choppy. We then hit a bit of a dry spell from Wednesday 2nd through to the end of the first week, with small, weak swell and mostly clean but underpowered conditions. The combined energy drops into the double digits often, which is weak.

The second week opens up on Saturday the 5th of September with a bit more size – 4 ft from the NW and a period of 12 seconds, giving us moderate energy (319). But the wind is a moderate to fresh breeze from the east, so it’s cross-offshore and cleanish, but the strength will make it bumpy. Sunday the 6th is similar. It’s a pattern of clean, cross-off winds but with the wind howling, so the surface won’t be glassy. There’s one more potential standout on the morning of Tuesday the 8th of September – a glassy 3 ft NW swell (168 energy) – but it’s small and ordinary. The very end of the run, Friday the 11th of September morning, has a solid 6 ft NW swell, but the wind is cross-onshore, and the conditions are marginal at best.

So, the bottom line: Sunday the 30th of August morning is your best bet. The rest is a lot of waiting around for clean windows that don’t have much punch. Keep your eyes on the longer-range charts, but for now, that Sunday morning is the clear winner.

Rusty.

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