Playa de Traba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get this straight. We've got a long look ahead at Playa de Traba, and I gotta be honest with you – it's gonna be a grind for the most part. This is an exposed stretch of sand, and it's going to be feeling every bit of that wind over the next couple of weeks. The water temp is running about average for this time of year, so no surprises there in the first session.

Right off the bat, Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th are looking pretty rough. We've got some small swell in the water, maybe 3ft to 3ft, but the wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, just messy. The energy is weak to moderate, reading about 152 to 219, but it's not doing us any favors. You're gonna be fighting chop more than riding waves. Not worth paddling out unless you're desperate for a splash.

Thursday the 6th is worse. The swell bumps up a touch to 4ft, but the northeast wind picks up to 15-18 mph, and it's choppy and lumpy all day. The energy is moderate, around 300, but it's just messy surf. Save your energy.

Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th are a bit of a mixed bag. Friday sees the swell drop back down to that 3ft to 5ft range, but the wind is still a problem. However, Saturday morning the 8th is interesting. The wind drops to nothing – glassy, dead calm. There's a small, weak pulse of swell, 3ft from the NNE with a short period of 6 seconds (energy only 67). It's not going to be big, but it'll be clean. It's surfable, just very ordinary conditions. A log might be your best friend for a few soft ones. The afternoon sees a little pulse of longer period swell (12s) but it fades to 1ft and the cross-onshore wind picks up. The window is small, but it's there.

The rest of that first week, Sunday the 9th through Tuesday the 11th, is more of the same – small, weak, and wind-affected. Swell hangs in the 1ft to 3ft range, with those periods varying between 8 and 12 seconds. The energy stays low to moderate. Tuesday morning the 11th has a bit more push in the water with a NW swell at 3ft and a 10-second period (energy 219), but it's cross-shore and just marginal.

Now, looking into the future, and I mean *future* future, things get a little more interesting. The middle of next week, around Wednesday the 13th and through the 16th, the wind is just going to howl from the northeast. We're talking 18-25 mph, strong breeze, just messy surf. The swell builds a bit, from 3ft up to 5ft by the 16th, but with that onshore/cross-shore wind, it will be a washing machine. This is not paddle surfing. This is kite surfing weather. The setup looks way more interesting for that.

Then, hold on, because here's something to keep an eye on. August 17th and 18th. We have a pulse of swell that actually pushes past that 5ft mark – up to 6ft on the 17th. The period is short, only 6 seconds, and it's coming from the NNE, which is cross to cross-on. The energy is building, around 281-293. Even though the winds are light, those short-period waves are going to be walled up and tough. This is beginner territory, and with the swell over 5ft, it's getting too big for the less experienced. It's not ideal, but it's the biggest push we see.

So, what’s the call? Honestly, the only real highlight in this whole 16-day window is that glassy Saturday the 8th. It's tiny and weak, but it's clean. The bigger swell around the 17th and 18th is more promising, but it's short-period and junky. For a stand-out, I'd say Saturday morning the 8th is your best bet for a clean, albeit small, session. The thinking is, it's going to be a waiting game for the winds to ease.

-Rusty

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