Urbiztondo Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Tuesday 7th – Friday 10th
Nothing. Zilch. The ocean’s asleep. Water temp’s sitting at 30° which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year (anomaly +0.9°), but there’s no surf to enjoy it in.

Saturday 11th – Sunday 12th
Some tiny pulses show up – we’re talking 0.5m to 0.7m from the north and west-northwest, but the wind’s all over the place. Saturday has a cross-shore breeze, Sunday offers cleaner cross-off conditions but with only ankle-high lumps. Still not worth paddling out for.

Monday 13th – Wednesday 15th
More of the same – small windswell, messy wind, poor conditions. Not a single session worth your time.

Thursday 16th – Friday 17th
Still flat or near-flat, and the wind is howling from the south-southwest at 35–40 km/h. That’s fresh-to-strong breeze territory. The beach setup here is better suited for kite-surfing than paddling right now.

Saturday 18th
Afternoon finally shows something – a 2.3m swell from the west with 9-second period (combined energy 970 – strong). But it’s cross-onshore and considered marginal. Beginners should stay out – that’s too big for you. Not the cleanest, but at least there’s something.

Sunday 19th – Morning
This is the first decent window. Clean, cross-off winds from the south at 15 km/h, and a 1.4m west-northwest swell with 8-second period (energy 448 – moderate). Surfable, fun for intermediates, but still nothing to write home about. Afternoon goes flat again.

Monday 20th – Afternoon
Here it is – the standout. Glassy conditions – wind swings west-northwest at just 5 km/h, dead calm. A solid 2.5m west swell rolling in at 9 seconds, and the combined energy is 1426 – that’s strong. This is proper groundswell. Only for experienced surfers – it’s too big for beginners. Urbiztondo is a sandbar spot, so with that size and period it’ll be powerful, maybe a bit closeout if the sandbars aren’t right, but on a good bank it’ll offer some heavy walls. Crowds are possible – it gets busy when the waves show.

Tuesday 21st
Back to small – 1.1m from west, weak energy. Clean but tiny.

Wednesday 22nd – Morning
A last hurrah: 2.0m west swell, 10-second period (energy 815 – strong). Wind is south at 35 km/h, cross-off, so it’ll be clean but windblown. Still on the big side – only for experts. The afternoon goes flat again.

So overall, it’s a long quiet stretch then a sharp spike around the 20th. If you’re an experienced surfer, circle that Monday afternoon – glassy and solid. The rest? Patience, mate.

– Rusty

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