Tercera Ponte Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this straight. The next couple weeks are looking pretty grim for Tercera Ponte. We’ve got a long stretch of onshore and cross-shore winds messing up what little swell is pushing in. The water temp is sitting right around average for this time of year, so nothing weird there, but the surf is going to be a battle for the most part.

The energy in the water is weak to moderate for most of the first week, with combined readings bouncing around the 111 to 313 range. Swell is small, mostly 2ft to 5ft, and those short-period ESE and E swells are just not going to give us any shape. The period is mostly 7 to 8 seconds, which is short and lumpy, nothing to get excited about. The wind is the real problem—mostly cross-on, bumping everything up and making it look like a washing machine out there.

Your one real window of opportunity is the morning of Saturday, the 12th. That’s when we see a bit of a break in the madness. The wind goes glassy with a light NNE breeze, and you get an ESE swell at 4ft pushing in. Combined energy is moderate (245). The wave quality is finally there—clean, smooth, and surfable. This is the standout of the whole period. If you can get out that morning, that’s the call. It’s a beginner-friendly spot, so the smaller size will be manageable for most, but the clean conditions will make it feel better than the size suggests.

The rest of the time, it’s rough. There’s a stretch from the 6th through the 11th that you can just write off—poor conditions, chop, and cross-onshore winds. Then you get that nice morning on the 12th, but it falls apart again by the afternoon. From the 13th on, it’s back to the same story—more wind, more chop, and marginal surf. The few times the swell pushes a little higher, like 5ft or 5ft around the 20th and 21st, the wind is blowing onshore and ruining it. That’s looking more like a kite-surfing session than a paddle-surfing one.

There is a small pulse of longer period swell, around 11 to 13 seconds, coming in on the 16th and 17th, which could have been interesting, but it’s tiny, only 2ft to 3ft, and still fighting the cross-shore wind. Not worth planning around.

So, honestly, if you're keen, keep your eye on that Saturday morning. It’s the one true highlight in an otherwise pretty flat and blown-out forecast. The rest of it is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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