Vilassar de Mar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Alright, straight up, this is a pretty flat run for Vilassar de Mar. We’re looking at a long stretch of very small, weak surf and a lot of days where you’d be better off leaving the board at home. The water is sitting at a warm 84°F, which is a fair bit toastier than usual for this time of year, so you’ll be sweating in the wettie if you’re not careful.

The first real sniff of anything comes on Thursday, 20th August. The morning has a tiny 2ft swell from the SSW, but the wind is light and onshore from the ESE, so it’s not going to be pretty. The combined energy is only 19 (weak), meaning there’s barely any push. The afternoon bumps up a touch to 3ft from the SSW, with a bit more power (55 energy), but the wind stays onshore from the SE, so it’ll be bumpy and messy. Not a standout, just a glimmer.

We get a bit of a cleaner option on Sunday, 23rd August morning. The swell is only 0.7ft, but the wind is glassy, which is a treat. The catch is the energy is a measly 3, so you’ll be working for any tiny, crumbly wave. It’s more of a paddle and a float than a surf.

The best we’ve got, and I mean the best of a poor bunch, looks like Monday, 24th August. The swell builds to 3ft from the East, and the wind is blowing cross-offshore from the WSW at 15 mph. That’s a clean window. The energy is moderate at 51, so there’s some life in the water. Vilassar is an exposed beach, so with a 3ft east swell and clean offshore wind, you might find a few workable peaks. It’s not big, but it’s the cleanest wave we’ll see in the whole 16 days. The swell period is only 5 seconds though, so it’s a short-period wind swell, meaning it’ll be a bit crumbly and won’t have that deep, waiting-for-the-set feel. For a beginner, this is your window.

After that, it’s a slow fade. Tuesday, 25th has a 3ft swell with a decent energy of 92, but the wind is cross-onshore, chopping it up. The rest of the week and into the first week of September is a mix of tiny 0.7ft to 1ft swells and mostly cross-onshore or onshore breezes. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of Tuesday, 1st September with a 1ft SE swell, but again, the energy is only 11, so it’s a gentle, glassy knee-slapper.

Honestly, for this 16-day window, the pick of the whole lot is the Monday 24th morning with that 3ft East swell and clean offshore wind. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only period where the wind and swell are playing nice together. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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