Rosarito Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into what's on the cards for this stretch of coast.

Honestly, looking at the next two weeks, we're in for a bit of a flat spell. The only window that's even worth pulling on a wetsuit is right at the start. Wednesday morning, the 29th of July, we've got some pulse of long-period groundswell from the SSW, running about 4ft with a 16-second period. That's a proper groundswell, with good energy behind it (1129 energy units), so the better-shaped banks at Rosarito might offer up some fun ones, especially for the beginners catching the inside reform. It'll be clean enough with light cross-onshore breezes, so don't expect a mirror, but it's ridable.

That swell holds through Wednesday afternoon, but it drops off fast. From Thursday the 30th onwards, it’s a slow slide into smaller, weaker surf. The combination of energy drops sharply into the hundreds, and while the water temperature feels about average for the time of year, it doesn't help the lack of push. By the weekend and into the following week, we’re looking at knee-to-waist high dribble at best, with periods dropping below 15 seconds and mostly onshore winds chopping it up. There's a long gap here with no real quality on offer.

Far out, around the 10th and 11th of August, we see a few blips on the radar with some very long period swell (18-20 seconds), but the height is only 1ft to 2ft. That long period with that little height just won't have the grunt to stand up on the beach breaks. The energy readings, while not terrible for the size (456 to 487), won't translate to much more than a slow, wobbly bump on the tide.

So, the honest truth for this stretch? Wednesday the 29th is your best and only real shout. After that, you're better off finding something else to do for a week or more because this is a quiet run. Things might start to get a little more interesting around the second week of August, but that's a long way out and the forecasts are shaky.

Rusty.

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