Playa de Traba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about Playa de Traba. Over the next 16 days, it’s mostly a slow burn here, and honestly, most of the time the conditions are pretty ordinary. This is an exposed beach break, and the swell is mostly coming from the NNW and NW. The energy is moderate to occasionally strong (values like 930 to 4061), but the wind is the problem. It’s cross-shore, often a moderate or fresh breeze, which just messes up the face.

The first few days, starting Wednesday the 16th, are pretty rough. Swell is around 6ft to 8ft, but that cross wind from the NE and NNE is just making it a lumpy, cross-chop mess. It’s not worth paddling out. Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th are similar, though Friday afternoon sees the swell jump to 10ft with a 14-second period (groundswell). That’s big, and combined with the wind, it’s just a washout—only for the bravest experts. The combined energy here is strong (4061), but the wind is a dealbreaker.

You start seeing a window open up on Saturday the 19th morning. The swell is still 8ft from the NNW, but the wind goes cross-offshore from the ENE. Finally, some clean lines! The energy is big (2013), but that’s a lot of water for a beginner. Then Sunday the 20th morning is your first standout. Clear skies, swell down to 5ft from the NW, 11-second period, and a gentle 9 mph cross-off from the ENE. The energy is moderate (708), and the waves are clean. This is the session for a solid intermediate. The water temp is about normal for this time of year.

Monday the 21st is another gem. Morning has 5ft NW swell, 12-second period, and only a 3 mph cross-off from the ENE. That’s a light air, clean conditions. But the real treat is Monday afternoon: the wind drops to glassy, 3 mph from the NNW, with a 4ft NW swell and 11-second period. Combined energy is 439. That’s about as clean as Playa de Traba gets. Crowds are possible here, so get out early.

Tuesday the 22nd is still fun in the morning—4ft, clean cross-off—but it drops off in the afternoon as the wind turns cross-onshore.

Now, look ahead to Wednesday the 23rd. This is your second standout. Morning surf sees a 6ft groundswell from the WNW with a 13-second period, and winds are glassy from the SW. That’s an excellent setup for experienced surfers, with combined energy at 1208. The waves will have real punch and shape, and it’ll be clean.

After that, Thursday the 24th morning is still okay, with 5ft and a light cross-off, but the afternoons get messy again with moderate cross-shore winds. From Friday the 25th onward, it’s pretty grim. The wind stays cross or onshore, the swell drops to around 3ft to 5ft, and the energy is weak to moderate. The last few days into the end of September and the start of October just look like small, choppy leftovers. Even a weird 2ft swell from the WNW with a 19-second period on October 1st morning is too long-period for this beach, and the wind is slightly onshore.

So overall, you’ve got a gap of poor surf from now until Saturday morning the 19th. Then a few good sessions, a gap of ordinary stuff, then the glassy Wednesday the 23rd morning. After that, another long gap of nothing worth chasing until the end of the forecast.

Your best bets: Sunday the 20th morning for fun clean waves, and Wednesday the 23rd morning for a bigger, glassy, powerful groundswell.

Later,
Rusty

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