Rodiles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey folks, Rusty here. Let's talk about what the Asturias coast has cookin' for the next couple weeks. It's a story with a slow start, but a couple of chapters that are well worth reading.

Right off the bat, Saturday the 29th is a total dud – tiny, junky, and the wind's all wrong. Leave the board on the car. Things stay a bit quiet for a few days, but don't get discouraged.

The real gem of the first week is Monday morning, the 31st of August. Rodiles will have a clean 5ft of groundswell out of the NW. The wind is absolutely dead, glassy as a mirror, making for some of the cleanest surf you'll see this whole stretch. The energy in the water is solid – clocking in at a 546 on the energy scale. The water temp's running about 71°, which is a touch warmer than what's normal for late August around here, so that's a nice little bonus.

That NW swell has a 10-second period – enough power for good shape, and that river-mouth break handles it beautifully. By Tuesday the 1st, the swell drops to about 4ft with more glassy morning conditions, but the energy is a lot weaker (233) and it's really just average, nothing to write home about.

We hit a flat patch through Wednesday and Thursday (2nd & 3rd Sept) with tiny, undersized waves. The next real opportunity rolls in on Friday the 4th. The morning brings a fresh pulse of NNW groundswell around 5ft, but the period jumps way up to 13 seconds. That's a serious, long-period groundswell, pushing the energy to 688. The wind is cross-onshore, so it won't be as clean as the Monday glass-off, but there's a ton of water moving.

Saturday the 5th keeps that NNW swell going at about 5ft, but the onshore wind chops it up. That one looks more interesting for the kite guys than us. Looking at the second week, we get a few more solid windows. Monday the 7th has a clean 4ft NW swell with glassy winds in the morning – a really solid, clean option. Then, Saturday the 12th morning brings a clean 4ft NW swell with a nice cross-offshore breeze. The last standout, and a real beauty, is Sunday morning the 13th: glassy conditions and 4ft of NNW groundswell with a 13-second period. Long-period, clean, and glassy – that's a morning to mark on the calendar.

So, a slow start, but no question the top two picks are that Monday the 31st morning glass-off and that Sunday the 13th morning glass-off. For the second week, that Sunday morning is the real deal.

Rusty.

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