Mallorca - Son Serra Nova Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s happening with Son Serra Nova over the next sixteen days.

Honestly, it’s a pretty bleak run for this spot. We’ve got a big gap of flat days slap bang in the middle of the outlook, and the surf that does show up is small, weak, and messy. The breaks around here are a reef setup, but it’s a rare-break spot, so don’t hold your breath for magic.

We start off on Thursday, 23 July, with a tiny 1ft NE swell. The period is a short 6 seconds, so it’s weak and unorganized. Combined energy is only 11, so basically nothing. Winds are light cross-off from the south, so it’s clean, but there’s just no power to work with. The water temp is about average for the time of year.

Friday, 24 July, is even worse. Swell drops to 0.3ft on Friday morning, then 1ft in the afternoon with a 2-second period. That’s just wind chop. Not worth paddling out for.

Saturday, 25 July, brings a little hope with a 1ft NNE swell in the morning. South-southwest winds are offshore, so it’s clean. Still, only 6 energy, so it’s a knee-high day at best. Saturday afternoon goes glassy, but the swell is gone.

Sunday, 26 July, sees a jump in size to 3ft in the morning, but it’s cross-on from the ENE at 16 mph, making it choppy. By the afternoon, the swell hits 5ft with 244 energy, but the wind is howling onshore from the northeast at 16 mph. It’s a bit of a mess.

Monday, 27 July, is the biggest day of the whole outlook. We’ve got 6ft in the morning, building to 8ft in the afternoon from the NNE, with a period of 8 seconds. That afternoon peak has 861 energy – that’s proper power. But the problem is the wind: onshore from the north-northeast at 22 mph. That’s going to be blown out, ugly, and dangerous. This is expert-only territory, and with the wind on it, the waves will be a jumbled mess. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

After that, the swell drops off a cliff. We see tiny 2ft to 0.3ft slop through Tuesday, 28 July, to Thursday, 30 July, then from Friday, 31 July, all the way through to Wednesday, 6 August, it’s essentially flat. Zero energy, no swell. There’s a solid week of nothing.

The very last day, Friday, 7 August, shows a tiny glimmer with a 1ft N swell and glassy conditions in the morning. But with only 4 energy, it’s barely a ripple.

So, the only standout, if you can call it that, is Monday, 27 July for the swell size. But it’s a blown-out, expert-only day. For the rest of the period, it’s a long, flat spell. The forecast can change, but right now, it’s a tough outlook.

Rusty.

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