Burros Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The long-range picture for Punta Burros is a bit of a waiting game. There’s a stretch of small, pretty average surf for the next couple of weeks, but if you’re patient, there’s a little window of clean conditions that shapes up at the end of the month that’s worth keeping an eye on.

Right now, through the rest of this week and into the next, we’re looking at a lot of knee-to-waist high leftovers. The swell energy is weak, with readings mostly in the low hundreds, like 150 to 250. The swell direction is hanging in that southwest window, which is what Burros wants to see, but the size just isn’t there. Most mornings will offer something rideable, especially when the wind goes light or glassy. Saturday the 15th is a write-off with wonky winds and a poor forecast. Sunday the 16th, there’s a bit of hope early with a glassy 3ft SW swell under some clouds, but it’s pretty average. We’ll see a similar story on Monday morning, clean but small. The wave periods are mostly in that 14-second range, which is decent groundswell, but with this little energy, it’s not doing much.

A standout in the early part of next week will be Wednesday morning, the 19th. It’s still small at 2ft, but we’ve got a clean offshore wind from the NE and a slightly longer 15-second period. It won’t be big, but it could be the cleanest, most lined-up wave we’ve seen so far. The water’s running real warm too, about 89°, which is well above average for this time of year—almost 5° warmer than normal, so you might not even need a spring suit.

After that, the surf dips even further. The energy drops below 100 for a few days there around the 20th and 21st, and we’ve got stronger cross-onshore winds kicking up chop. That Friday the 21st looks particularly poor. There’s a lot of nothing on offer. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple.

The week after, from the 22nd to the 28th, we see a bit more consistency in the swell direction but the size stays small, hovering around that 2ft mark. A few windows of glassy conditions and light offshores will make it surfable for a log or a fish, but it’s not going to get the heart rate up. The period does stretch out to 17 or 18 seconds on the 23rd and 24th, which is long-period groundswell, but with that little energy, it’s breaking pretty straight and fat. The 28th brings a bit more energy and a 17-second period, but the afternoon turns onshore.

Now, here’s the one to circle on your calendar: Saturday the 29th of August. This is the standout of the entire window. The swell finally pushes up to 3ft, which is still modest, but the energy jumps to 379 and 396, the highest readings we see in the whole forecast. More importantly, the winds are set to be calm and glassy all day. Saturday morning looks clean and clean. Saturday afternoon is dead flat calm. This is the best combination of size, clean conditions, and swell direction we get in the whole period. It’s a week and a half away, so don’t book your life around it, but it’s the one that has the potential to be a proper session. The Sunday after that, the 30th, still has some waist-high leftovers with light winds, but it won’t be as good as Saturday.

Burros is a reef break that handles a good SW swell. Anything under 3ft is going to be pretty tame, but given how poor the surrounding days are, that Saturday stand-out will feel like a festival. It’s a spot that can handle a bit more size, so if that 3ft comes in with the glassy conditions, it’ll be well worth the paddle out.

Rusty

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