Playa de Traba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Playa de Traba.

Right off the bat, the first few days are a write-off. Thursday the 3rd, Friday the 4th – nothing doing. Cross-shore breeze, weak little windswell, combined energy barely breaking 100 (96-169). The water’s sitting at 63°, which is a bit colder than usual for this time of year, so you’ll want a decent wetsuit.

Then, Saturday the 5th morning. That’s the one. The whole window’s standout. Glassy conditions – dead calm, zero wind. A clean 5ft groundswell out of the northwest, with a long 14-second period pumping the energy up to 965. That’s moderate but solid energy. For a beach break like Playa de Traba, that long period might make it link up a bit straight, but with no wind and the swell direction matching the optimum (NW), this is the best you’re going to get. Crowds are possible here sometimes, so get in early. Saturday afternoon holds 6ft but the wind swings cross-onshore and the energy jumps to 1136, so it’ll be a bit chunkier.

Sunday the 6th drops off fast – smaller cross-on swell, not worth chasing. Monday the 7th has a larger 7ft WNW swell (1028 energy) but still cross-onshore wind, so it’s messy. Tuesday through to the end of the first week is all cross-shore breeze and poor conditions.

There’s a real gap here: nothing good from Sunday the 6th all the way through to the middle of the second week. The next flicker of hope is on Tuesday the 15th morning – a clean 6ft NNE swell with cross-offshore wind, but it’s short period (6 seconds) and the energy’s only 389. Marginal at best.

Now, the real heavy stuff comes in on Wednesday the 16th morning. A 10ft NNE swell, 8-second period, and combined energy is a massive 1528. Problem is, that’s too big for Playa de Traba. The wind is clean and cross-offshore, but the forecast says it’s too big for this break. Same deal Thursday the 17th – glassy conditions again with 10ft NE swell and 1526 energy – but again, too big. This is expert-only territory, and honestly, it might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing at that size on an exposed beach.

Friday the 18th morning sees a drop back to 5ft NE, clean cross-offshore breeze, energy around 309. That’s a small, rideable window right at the tail end of the forecast, but nothing to get too excited about.

Best call? Saturday the 5th morning, glassy, 5ft NW, long period. That’s the pick. The rest is either flat, windy, or too big for this spot.

Rusty.

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