Playa de Tres Piedras Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks.

Truth is, the outlook is a bit of a tough one. We’re looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak surf with minimal energy. The first real chance to get wet isn't until the morning of Friday the 4th of September, but honestly, it's not much to write home about. The waves are small, the wind is messy, and it’s a real struggle to find anything worth paddling out for.

The entire 16-day window is filled with poor surf conditions. There are no standouts, no one session that's going to have you calling in sick. The water temp is sitting at 75°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a small comfort if you’re just floating around.

Let’s break it down. The only spot we have data for is Playa de Tres Piedras. It’s a consistent, beginner-friendly beach break that needs a swell from the WSW to really work. Over the whole period, the combined swell energy is barely registering, with values like 11 and 17 (weak energy), meaning the ocean is just flat. The best you’ll see is a tiny 2ft swell from the SSW on Friday afternoon, but with a cross-onshore wind from the WNW at 16 mph, it’s going to be choppy and messy.

There are a few morning windows where the wind is light offshore or glassy, like the morning of Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th, but with waves only 0.7ft and a period of 3-4 seconds, you’re looking at nothing but ripples. The morning of Monday the 7th is glassy with a 0.7ft W swell, but the energy is still pitiful at 8 (weak). The morning of Thursday the 10th has a clean offshore wind from the ENE at 6 mph, but the swell is still only 1ft.

For a surfer, this is a real bummer. The waves are too small and weak for any real fun. For a kite surfer, the afternoon winds on Friday the 18th of September and Saturday the 19th are onshore and strong, with winds up to 22 mph, which might make for some interesting sessions, but it's not for us paddle surfers.

The second week doesn't get any better. The swell is consistently tiny, often under 1.0ft, and the energy is still in the weak single digits. The morning of Friday the 11th has a clean offshore wind, but again, no power in the water. Through the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, it's the same story: small, weak, and inconsistent.

In short, we’ve got a long, flat run ahead. It’s a normal blank run for this area when the conditions aren't aligning. You can keep an eye on the forecasts, but for now, it’s a good time to wax your board and wait for a proper pulse of energy.

Rusty.

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