Playa de Xago Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the cards for Playa de Xago.

Right off the bat, it’s a bit of a slow start for the next week or so. The surf is small and the conditions are pretty ordinary. We’ve got a few mornings where it cleans up, but the swell is just too weak to get excited about. From Sunday the 16th through to the end of the week, we’re looking at small, weak swells – mostly under 3ft – with light cross-off or glassy conditions on a few mornings, but the wave energy is low. The best of that early period is probably the glassy morning of Thursday the 20th, with a touch of NW swell at 2ft and a 10-second period, but the combined energy is only 104 – it’s weak, so you’ll be scratching around for a wave.

The real blip on the radar is Monday the 24th. The morning session is where it’s at. We’ve got a 5ft swell from the north with a 7-second period, and the wind is glassy. That’s a clean, surfable wave. The combined energy is 216 – that’s a solid moderate push. It’s not a monster, but for this stretch, it’s the standout. The afternoon gets messy with a cross-onshore, so get on it early.

After that, it drops off again into some tiny, weak junk from the 25th through the 27th. There’s a small window on the morning of the 27th and 28th with glassy conditions on tiny NE swell, but it’s ankle-snappers at best.

Then, we hit the last weekend of August and the 31st. The swell picks up, but the wind is the problem. From the 29th to the 31st, we’re seeing NW swell pushing 5ft to 6ft, with strong combined energy in the 400s. But the wind is cross-onshore or onshore, turning it into a bumpy, choppy mess. For a beach break like Playa de Xago, that’s a kite-surfing setup, not a paddler’s paradise.

So, the one true standout is the morning of Monday the 24th. Get it while it’s clean. The rest is a long, slow grind with a few brief windows of clean but tiny surf.

Rusty.

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