Punta Roca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s brewing for this spot. The water is sitting at 86.5°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The next week and a half is a real mixed bag. We’ve got plenty of small, clean windows, but you’ll have to work around the afternoon onshores that mess things up. The real standout, the one you’re waiting for, doesn’t arrive until the final weekend of the period.

Monday the 14th starts off small and glassy in the morning. We’re talking 1.6ft from the SW, but with a very long period of 19 seconds, and that calm, glassy wind. It’ll be super clean, but the energy is only moderate (304). The afternoon turns to junk, so make the dawn patrol count.

Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th follow a similar pattern: clean mornings with a light offshore and swell hovering around 2.3ft to 3.9ft from the SW. The energy builds into the moderate range (618 to 895). The wind swings onshore by lunch, ruining it. Thursday the 17th is more of the same – glassy morning, 3.6ft of SW swell, and then it’s over by the afternoon.

Friday the 18th gives us a dead-calm, glassy morning with 3ft SW swell. It’s clean as a whistle, but the energy is dropping back. The weekend of the 19th and 20th keeps that same script: glassy mornings with waist-high SSW swell, but the afternoons get blown out or even bring a risk of thunderstorms.

The start of the next week, Monday the 21st through Wednesday the 23rd, is messy. The winds are all over the place, cross and cross-onshore, and the swell is small and mixed. Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th see the swell drop further, with the energy falling to weak levels (235-313). Friday afternoon does go glassy with a clean 2.6ft SW swell, which is a small consolation.

Now, here’s the one you’ve been waiting for. Saturday the 26th of September. This is the real deal. We get a solid 7.5ft SSW swell in the morning, ramping up to 6.9ft from the SW by the afternoon. The combined energy is very strong (1270 to 1509). Both sessions are glassy. This is big for the area, and the crowd at Punta Roca could be an issue, so you’ll want to be early. This is expert territory, for sure.

The final days, Sunday the 28th through Tuesday the 29th, keep the size up. Sunday morning is a clean 5.9ft from the SW, and Monday and Tuesday mornings pump with 6.9ft to 8.2ft of SW groundswell. The energy is massive (1282 to 1956), and the winds stay clean. The afternoons are a write-off due to onshore winds and storms. For the experienced surfer, those mornings late in the period are going to be all-time.

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