Tres Palmas (Rincon) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

Honestly, the next 16 days are looking pretty dead for any kind of decent surf around here. The swell window is basically shut. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing, with only tiny, weak pulses that won’t do a thing for a proper wave. The first real gap is from the start of the forecast right through to the end of the third week of August – there’s just no energy to speak of.

The only spot on the radar is Tres Palmas (Rincon). But here’s the thing: it’s a reef setup that’s inconsistent, and it needs a solid WNW swell to light up. The optimum direction is WNW, but we’re seeing nothing but tiny NNE and N pulses. The combined swell energy is basically zero to weak, barely cracking 55 at its best, and that’s with a tiny 3ft swell from the NNE. That’s not the right direction, and the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’s all windswell junk with no power.

The wind is mostly cross-off or light, and we get a few glassy mornings on the 12th and 18th of August, but with zero swell to work with, it’s just flat and clean. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

If you’re absolutely desperate, the morning of Wednesday 20th August offers a whisper of a wave. There’s a tiny 1ft swell from the north, with a short 7-second period, and the wind is glassy from the NNW. The combined energy is only 9, so it’s barely a ripple. It’s not a real surf, but it’s the only time the conditions line up at all. It’s a beginner-level dribble, nothing more.

For the rest of the window, it’s a complete write-off. The combined energy never gets out of the single digits, and the swell direction is all wrong. This is one of those stretches where the ocean just shuts down. We’ll have to wait for a proper change in the pattern.

- Rusty

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