San Vicente Rivermouth Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at the surf coming up for San Vicente Rivermouth. It's a river mouth, fairly exposed to the swell, and it’s a fairly consistent spot for intermediate surfers. The water temp is 71°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

The next 16 days are pretty grim. There's a small window of something decent right at the start, but then it dries up for a long stretch. The best of the lot is Monday morning, 27 July. The swell is coming from the NNW at 5 ft, with a nice long period of 10 seconds, giving it a solid moderate energy (466). The wind is glassy from the NE at 3 mph, so it’s going to be clean. That’s your standout, but don't expect it to last long. The tide and conditions look good, but you’ll have to share the lineup – it can get crowded sometimes.

After that, it’s a long run of poor surf. The afternoon of the 27th gets chopped by a 12 mph cross-on wind. The rest of the week and into August is mostly small, weak swell with poor winds. You’ll see a few glassy moments on the morning of the 30th and 31st of July, but the swell is tiny (2 ft and 1 ft) with low energy (43 and 27) – not really worth a paddle.

There’s a brief glimmer on the morning of Sunday, 2 August. The swell bumps up to 4 ft from the north, with a short period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is 109, which is still weak. The wind is glassy from the NW at 3 mph, so it’ll be clean. But the forecast says it’s “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – so don’t get too excited.

Then it’s back to nothing for the next week. The swell stays below 3 ft, with weak energy and poor wind for the most part. There’s a glassy morning on 8 August with 3 ft from the NNW, but it’s still weak (70 energy) and considered “very ordinary.”

The last chance is the morning of Tuesday, 11 August. The wind is dead calm from the SW, glassy, with 3 ft from the NW. The period is 8 seconds, and the energy is 86. It’s rated as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – so it’s rideable but nothing special.

Honestly, if you’re not on the water Monday morning, 27 July, there’s not much else to get excited about. The rest of the window is a long gap of poor to marginal surf. This is a fairly consistent spot, so the blank run is a bit unusual, but it can happen. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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