Plentzia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’ll level with you: the next 16 days here are a tough watch. We’ve got a single break on the map, Plentzia, and for the whole run it serves up nearly nothing worth paddling out for. Honestly, it’s one of those classic flat spells where the forecasts might change, but right now there’s no real action.

We kick off on Tuesday the 7th, and straight away it’s a bust. Small junky swell around 1ft from the NW with an 8-second period – short, weak, and straight onshore. The water temps are sitting at 74°, which is much warmer than normal for the time of year (an anomaly of 7°), but that’s about the only notable thing. The combined energy is a weak 31 – barely a ripple. Wednesday through Thursday morning doesn’t get any better. Waves max out at 2ft but the period is 5-10 seconds, still short and wobbly, with cross-onshore winds messing up the surface. Energy readings stay in the low 30s to 60s, meaning weak and unorganised.

Friday the 10th afternoon is the “best” of a bad bunch, and that’s not saying much. Swell is 2ft from the NW with a 9-second period, but we finally see some cross-offshore wind. The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” and the combined energy is 90. It’s clean, but barely worth the walk. Saturday the 11th morning has a 1ft NW swell with a decent 12-second period (some long period juice) and cross-off wind, but the energy is still only 97. The afternoon picks up a touch with a 2ft swell and 11-second period, and combined energy climbs to 102 – moderate, but it’s still tiny.

From Sunday the 12th onward it’s back to junk. Most days are 1ft to 2ft, short period (5-8 seconds), with cross-onshore or onshore wind, and energy readings in the teens or tens. The best we see is Monday the 20th morning with a 3ft swell and combined energy of 129, but the period is only 6 seconds and the wind is cross-onshore. That’s too weak and short for any real shape, and it’s only 3ft – still borderline for beginners but messy for everyone else. Wednesday the 22nd afternoon shows 5ft from the NW with a 6-second period and energy of 151, but again, short period and cross-shore wind – more of a choppy mess.

Bottom line: Plentzia rarely breaks, and it’s living up to that. There’s nothing here that I can call a standout. The first real week is a write-off, and the second week is just more of the same. For paddle surfing, you’re better off waiting for a change. If the wind holds, the bigger days later on might be more interesting for kiting than surfing.

Rusty

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