San Vicente Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, lookin' at the charts for a spell. We've got a 16-day window for San Vicente, and if I'm bein' honest with you, it's a bit of a slow burn. The first week and a half is pretty quiet, but there's a whisper of something better finally showin' up late in the game.

Right now, and for the next several days, it's small. Real small. We're talkin' dribbly little waves in the 1 ft to 3 ft range, mostly from the northwest. The water temperature is sittin' at 71°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a solid 5° above average, so you can leave the thick wetsuit at home. The combined energy is low, usually way under 100, with the highest we see early on bein' a mediocre 138 on Saturday afternoon. That afternoon has a cross-offshore wind, which keeps the surface clean, but the waves are just gutless.

Look, don't get too excited about the glassy moments we see on Monday the 6th afternoon (3 ft from the NE with glassy conditions) or Thursday the 9th morning. The swell is tiny and the energy is pathetic – 56 and 38 respectively. Even when it's glassy, there's not enough push to make it worth paddlin' out for anything but a float. Sunday the 12th sees a little bump in size to 3 ft and 4 ft, and the combined energy gets up to 177, but the wind is straight onshore from the northwest, so it'll be a bumpy, messy mess.

There's a gap here with no real recommendations until we get to Friday the 17th of July. That's a solid week or more of not much to write home about.

Now, Friday the 17th of July is the real standout in this whole forecast. San Vicente finally wakes up. We get a clean, cross-offshore breeze from the ENE at 6 mph with a solid 4 ft northwest swell. The combined energy jumps up to 249, a strong reading that tells you there's finally some proper power in the water. The period is a decent 9 seconds, so it's a clean, manageable groundswell, not a sloppy windswell. The morning looks like the call, with light winds. This is the one. It's not huge, so it's fine for the intermediate crew, and it'll be clean. Bear in mind though, San Vicente can get a crowd sometimes, so get in early.

Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th are still okay, with some surfable conditions, but Friday the 17th is the day to circle on the calendar. Before that, you're just watchin' the tide go in and out.

Rusty

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