Quimixto Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for Quimixto over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a solid run of clean, glassy mornings that’ll get your hopes up. The water temp is sitting about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about but no complaints either. The stand-out here is the long-period SSW groundswell that rolls in early, with a strong 1660 combined energy on Saturday the 5th. That’s proper energy. Swell is holding at 5ft, period 16 seconds – that’s a long period groundswell which will make for deep, powerful lines at the reef. It’s not for beginners at that size, but for the experienced crew, Saturday morning the 5th is the one to circle. The wind is glassy, light from the NE, so the faces will be smooth as silk. The swell direction is SSW, which is just a touch off the optimum WSW, but it’s still going to groom nicely into the reef.

Saturday afternoon the wind shifts NNW and becomes cross-onshore, roughening things up, so if you’re here, make the dawn session. Sunday morning the 6th is another glassy one with a 5ft SSW swell, energy at 1119, still very good, but the wind is variable. The real gem is that first morning. After that, the swell drops slowly, but the mornings stay glassy until Wednesday the 9th, with swells around 3ft to 4ft, and the energy stays moderate. Thursday the 10th has a bit of a pickup with 4ft SW swell and glassy wind both morning and afternoon – that’s a rare treat, two sessions in one day. The period is 16 seconds again, so the reef will be doing its thing.

After the 11th, the swell fades a bit, sizes drop below 3ft, and the afternoons turn to onshore or cross-onshore winds. The mornings stay clean though, with some glassy windows on the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th, but the swell is smaller, between 3ft and 3ft. The energy is weaker, down in the 300-600 range, so it’s more of a longboard or funboard kind of vibe. Be aware that the 17th afternoon has a 21-second period but only 2ft – that’s a very long period groundswell, which at the reef will produce some clean, walled-up lines but it’ll be inconsistent, with long waits between sets.

The final few days, from the 18th onward, the energy picks back up a bit, with the 20th morning showing 4ft SW swell and 985 energy, glassy wind, and another very good call. That’s a promising finish to the outlook, but it’s far out, so treat it as a hopeful maybe.

Overall, the best is without doubt Saturday morning the 5th of September – big, clean, powerful. If you miss that, Thursday the 10th is your second best bet for a full day of glass. The weekends will have crowds, so expect company. For the rest, it’s dawn patrol or nothing.

Rusty.

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