Urbiztondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, me again, Rusty. Lookin’ at the charts for Urbiztondo Beach, and I gotta be straight with ya – it’s a rough stretch. We’re talkin’ a solid week and a half of near-flat, lumpy, or just plain messy conditions before anything even waggles a fin. The first real flicker of life doesn’t show up until Saturday the 12th, and even then it’s a sad little ripple. The water temp is 87°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t be cold while you’re bobbin’ around doing nothing.

The entire first week, from Wednesday the 8th right through to Friday the 17th, is a write-off. We’ve got a lot of “poor surf conditions” and scores that are basically zeros. The wind is mostly cross, cross-on, or howling. The swell is tiny, if it’s even there at all, with energy readings so low they’re barely a whisper. For example, that big jump on Wednesday the 15th afternoon shows 6ft of swell from the W, but it’s getting ragged by a 19 mph cross-shore wind and the wave state is described as lumpy cross-chop. That’s not surfable, that’s a washing machine. That setup, with that much wind and a beach break, honestly looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing at that point.

After that windy mess, we get a bit of a lull. The morning of Saturday the 18th is still onshore slop, but then Saturday afternoon the 18th and Sunday afternoon the 19th go glassy. The energy is rock bottom, though. We’re talkin’ 1ft and 0.3ft of wave, with energy readings of just 18 and 4. It’s clean as a whistle, but you’d be struggling to get a ride.

The only real call, and I mean the only one that gets a score of “1” out of all this, is Saturday morning the 12th. It’s the only time the wave comment isn’t “poor.” We’ve got 2ft of swell coming from the NW with a 7-second period, and a clean cross-off wind from the SSE. The energy reading hits 54. It’s still small and weak, but it’s the best of a very bad bunch. It’s a proper beginner wave at Urbiztondo Beach (sandbar). It is consistent, so you won’t be waiting forever, and it’s fairly exposed to the N swell. The wind being clean is a major positive. The crowds are “sometimes”, so you might have some company, but for this size, it should still be pretty mellow. It’s the one morning in the whole 16 days where you could honestly get a few grovelers on a foamie and still be smiling.

Past that, the second week fades back into nothing. Clean winds pop up again on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd, but the swell is piddly and the wind gets strong. The long-range stuff on the 23rd is just more of the same – clean but flat. There is no standout swell, no big groundswell to get excited about. If you’re absolutely desperate for a paddle, that Saturday morning the 12th is your only hope. Otherwise, leave the board in the car.

Rusty.

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