Tortuguero Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. This is Rusty.

Alright, so we’re looking at Tortuguero for the next 16 days, and I gotta be straight with you – it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The water temperature is about what you’d expect for this time of year, nothing unusual there. The first couple of days are pretty average, but if you’re patient, there’s a real gem waiting for us.

The surf kicks off this Saturday, the 25th of July, but it’s not exactly firing. We’ve got a small 3.6ft swell from the NE with an 8-second period, so it’s pretty weak (combined energy of 151). The morning is glassy though, which is a nice start. The afternoon gets a bit lumpy with a cross-on wind.

Sunday the 26th is a little better. The swell picks up to 4.9ft from the ENE with a 9-second period, and the energy is building (346). The morning is a bit messy with a cross-shore wind, but Sunday afternoon looks like the first real highlight of the window. The wind goes glassy, and the waves are a clean 4.9ft. It’s not huge, but it’ll be fun.

The middle of the week from Monday the 27th through to Wednesday the 29th is pretty flat and ordinary. The swell drops off, the winds are mostly cross or onshore, and the energy is weak. It’s a bit of a lull, so don’t bother.

Then we get a couple of decent mornings. Thursday the 30th has a glassy morning with 4.6ft swell from the ENE (273 energy), and Friday the 31st has a bit more size at 5.6ft, but the wind is a cross-shore, making it a bit bumpy. It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about.

Now, the real standout is Saturday the 1st of August. This is the one. We’ve got a solid 6.9ft swell from the ENE with a 10-second period, pushing the energy right up to 848. And the wind? It’s calm, glassy conditions in the morning. This is going to be clean, powerful, and probably the best waves of the whole forecast. The only thing is, at 6.9ft, it’s getting a bit big for beginners, but for anyone with a bit of experience, get on it.

The swell hangs around for Sunday the 2nd and Monday the 3rd, but it drops back to 4.6-5.2ft and the winds are more cross-shore, so it’s not as clean.

But hold on, because Wednesday the 5th of August is another absolute cracker. We’re looking at a 7.2ft swell from the ENE (energy of 945) with a 10-second period, and the wind is a light cross-offshore in the morning, making it clean. The afternoon goes glassy too. This is proper, solid groundswell. It’s big, it’s powerful, and it’s going to be perfect. Again, for the experts, this is a dream.

Thursday the 6th still has good size at 5.6ft with clean, cross-offshore winds in the morning, but it tapers off from there into the second week. The rest of the window is a mix of small, average surf with onshore winds.

So, to sum it up: the best sessions are the afternoon of Sunday the 26th of July, the morning of Thursday the 30th of July, and the absolute standouts are the morning of Saturday the 1st of August and the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August. Get out there for those.

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