Urbiztondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. I’ve been staring at the charts for Urbiztondo Beach, and I gotta level with you—it’s a rough stretch ahead. The next two weeks are looking mostly flat, and what little bump shows up is a mess. Here’s the story.

The first week kicks off quiet. Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th are nearly flat, with a tiny 1ft windswell out of the NNW, but the wind is either cross-on or there’s thunderstorms in the air, so it’s choppy and ugly. The combined energy is between 1 and 4—basically nothing. Not worth wetting your wetsuit.

Saturday the 25th brings a little pulse: a 4ft to 5ft swell from the N and NNW, with an 8-second period, giving us a combined energy of 172 to 201—moderate energy, sure. But the wind is cross-shore, the forecast says “poor surf conditions,” and thunderstorms are likely. It’s a lumpy, messy sea. Hard pass.

Sunday the 26th drops to 3ft to 3ft, period still 8 seconds, energy down to 67 to 99, and the wind picks up to 19 mph in the afternoon, cross-shore and lumpy. No go.

Monday the 27th morning is glassy—wind from the ENE at just 3 mph—but the swell is only 2ft. The energy is a weak 23. It’s tiny and clean, but you’d be fighting for a knee-high closeout. Afternoon brings a risk of thunderstorms and cross-offshore wind, but still only 1ft. Not worth the drive.

From Tuesday the 28th all the way through to Thursday the 7th of August, the surf is almost non-existent. Swell heights hover between 0.5ft and 1ft, energy is in the single digits, and the wind is mostly cross-offshore or cross-shore. There’s a long stretch of dead flat days—entire mornings and afternoons with no swell at all. The only blip is Wednesday the 5th of August morning, where a 6ft swell from the west with a 10-second period shows up, giving us a combined energy of 584—that’s moderate-to-strong energy. But the wind is cross-offshore at 22 mph, and the break is a sandbar beach exposed to the north. That west swell is not the optimum direction (N is the optimum), so it’ll be a lumpy, blown-out mess. Definitely not a standout.

Honestly, for the entire 16-day window, there’s nothing that qualifies as a good surf option. Urbiztondo Beach is fairly consistent, so this blank run is a bit of a bummer, but forecasts can change. Keep an eye on it, but for now, I’d leave the boards at home.

Rusty

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