Quimixto Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. We’ve got the full 16-day outlook on the table, and it’s looking like a slow build before things really fire up. The main action is all at one spot – Quimixto – and it’s a reef setup that’s consistent and pretty well exposed to the swell. The water is cranking at 89°, which is over two degrees warmer than usual – that’s a notable little extra boost of warmth for your early paddles.

The first couple of days are a write-off. Sunday the 23rd is flat and messy with light cross-onshore wind and marginal conditions, so don’t even bother checking the racks. You’re basically waiting until Monday the 24th morning. That’s where the window opens up with a glassy, clean 4ft SSW swell with a solid 13-second period (moderate combined wave energy of 724). That’s a proper groundswell, and for a reef like Quimixto, that’s a really nice start.

Tuesday the 25th drops back a bit to 2ft, but it’s still glassy and clean with that same long-period SSW direction and moderate energy (365). A bit small, but if you’re on a log or a fish, those morning windows will be pure. Things get a little ordinary mid-week – Wednesday and Thursday mornings have cross-onshore winds messing up the surface, but Thursday afternoon on the 27th actually shows a jump in period to 18 seconds and stronger energy (565), though the wind is still a bit messy.

The real standout starts firing from the end of the week. Friday the 28th morning you wake to a glassy 3ft SSW with strong energy (783) and that long-period groundswell. But it’s the Friday afternoon that really gets me going – a clean 5ft SW with a 17-second period and strong energy (1275) with light cross-offshore wind. That’s a proper session brewing.

Then comes the peak. Saturday the 29th morning is the best of the first week – 5ft of SSW swell, 16-second period, glassy as a mirror, and the combined energy hits 1503 – that’s well into strong territory. It’s definitely getting into expert-only sizing there at over 5ft, so if you’re a beginner, give it a miss. For the experienced crew, that is the session to circle on the calendar. The afternoon gets a bit lumpy with cross-onshore wind, but the morning is primo.

There’s a bit of a lull going into Monday the 31st – clean glass in the morning but the swell drops to 3ft (moderate energy of 633). Still fun, but not the peak.

Now, looking into the second week, there’s a nice long-range promise. Tuesday the 1st of September has a glassy 6ft SSW in the morning (strong energy of 834) – it’s looking solid but the wind goes cross in the arvo. Wednesday the 2nd cleans up again with glassy, 6ft SSW in the morning and a killer 6ft SW on the Wednesday afternoon with glassy conditions and strong energy (1437) – that’s borderline excellent for experienced surfers.

But if you’re booking time off, the big one is Thursday the 3rd. The morning is clean 4ft SSW with a very long 19-second period and massive energy (1826) – that’s a serious groundswell. The afternoon gets even heavier: 6ft with offshore wind and energy of 2365. This is the big daddy of the whole run. It’ll be breaking straight at the reef, so this is not a beach break – Quimixto’s reef setup will handle that long period beautifully.

Friday the 4th has glassy morning 6ft (2326 energy) and continues strong. Saturday the 5th is glassy again at 5ft (1478 energy). The swell starts to fade a bit from the 6th and 7th, but it’s still surfable in the 4ft to 5ft range, with clean conditions coming back on the Monday the 7th.

There are no other breaks to mention – everything else is dead in this region for the whole 16 days. So if you’re around, you’re on Quimixto. The standout window is Saturday the 29th morning for the first week, and then Thursday the 3rd to Saturday the 5th for the second week. That second week run is huge – long-range, so don’t lock it in just yet, but the signs are all pointing to a proper pulse.

Stay stoked,
Rusty

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