Playa de Xago Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Playa de Xago. The next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. We’ve got a lot of small, weak swell to start with, and the sea state is mostly ordinary or poor. The energy is low – you’ll see numbers like `149` and `103` on Wednesday, for example – and those waves just don't have much behind them. There are a few windows where things clean up, so let’s break it down.

We kick off Wednesday the 29th of July with a clear sky but an onshore wind that’s messing things up. The swell is only `3 ft` from the NW with a period of `9` seconds, and honestly, the surf quality is poor. Not one to get excited about.

Thursday the 30th sees a tiny drop to `2 ft` from the NW, and here’s where it gets interesting: Thursday morning it’s glassy – absolutely dead calm. That’s a major positive for clean conditions, but the swell is small. The energy is only `78`, so it’s surfable but very ordinary. Thursday afternoon gets a light cross-onshore breeze, spoiling it again.

Friday the 31st is similar: a smaller `2 ft` in the morning with glassy conditions, but the energy is a measly `31`. It’s a fun-sized wave if you’re on a log, but nothing to write home about.

Saturday the 1st of August offers a slight shift. The wind goes cross-offshore in the morning, which keeps things clean, and we get a `3 ft` wave from the NNE, but the period is a short `5` seconds – very weak energy at `82`. The afternoon stays clean but still poor quality.

From Sunday the 2nd through to Wednesday the 5th, the trend is small and weak. Swell heights hover around `1 ft` to `2 ft`, and the energy is low, often below `60`. There are brief windows of glassy conditions on Monday the 3rd morning and Tuesday the 4th morning, but the waves themselves are too small to really get going. It’s a flat spell for the most part.

Thursday the 6th of August stays small and mostly messy. The swell picks up a touch to `3 ft` by the afternoon, but it’s a short-period wind swell with poor conditions.

Now, here’s the standout: Friday the 7th of August. In the morning, the conditions are absolutely glassy, with no wind at all. The swell comes from the NNW at `3 ft` with a period of `6` seconds, and the energy is a moderate `65`. It’s still surfable but very ordinary – not a classic, but easily the cleanest session of the first week. The afternoon brings a bit more size at `4 ft` and a punchier energy of `147`, but the wind swings cross-onshore, and the quality drops.

The second week is a little more promising, but still patchy. Saturday the 8th is messy with cross-onshore winds. Sunday the 9th is glassy in the morning but the swell is tiny at `0.7 ft` with long-period energy from the NNW (`11` seconds) – only `30` energy. That long period is interesting, but the height is too small for it to do anything.

The real sniff of something better comes on Monday the 10th of August morning. The wind is cross-offshore, the swell is `2 ft` from the NW at `8` seconds, and the energy is a solid `90`. Conditions are clean. It’s still small, but it’s rideable and clean. That’s one of the better windows.

Then on Wednesday the 12th of August morning, we see a jump. The swell goes to `3 ft` from the WNW at `8` seconds, with a moderate combined energy of `137`, and the wind is cross-offshore. It’s surfable, clean, and has a bit better grunt. The afternoon gets bigger at `4 ft` and `170` energy, but the wind picks up. Thursday the 13th morning holds similar clean conditions with a `4 ft` WNW swell and `193` energy – that’s the most energy of the whole stretch. It’s not a huge swell, but it’s the most consistent and cleanest option late in the run.

All in all, there’s no monster swell here, and the quality is often ordinary. The best windows for a paddle are the glassy mornings, especially Thursday the 30th July morning, Friday the 7th August morning, and the clean, cross-offshore mornings on Monday the 10th, Wednesday the 12th, and Thursday the 13th of August. Crowds are often present at Playa de Xago, so if you get a clean morning with a bit of energy, you’ll want to be on it early.

Rusty

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