Villa Gesell Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a yarn about the surf at Villa Gesell over the next 16 days. I’m looking at the charts and, well, it’s a tough stretch for paddle surfing. The first couple of days are a non-starter, so we’re in a waiting game for anything of substance.

The water temp is sitting at 50°, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. The pattern over the next week and a half is dominated by small, weak swells and messy winds, with the combined energy readings staying well under 100 (like 40 to 86) for the first block, pointing to very weak wave energy overall. Most of the time the wind is cross, cross-on, or blowing straight onshore, which is going to trash any chance of a clean wave. The swell that does show up is tiny, rarely cracking 2 ft, and the short periods (5-8 seconds) mean it’s just wind slop. For a stretch from Saturday the 25th right through to Monday the 27th, there’s nothing to even mention. That’s a solid 3-day gap.

Things just stay poor. Even when we get a bit more push around Thursday the 30th, with a 4 ft SSE swell, the combined energy hits 168, and it’s coming from a more favourable direction for the break, the wind is a cross-onshore, making it choppy and messy. A beginner or learner might find something knee-high to ride, but it’s not going to be pretty. The period is only 8 seconds too, so the wave shape will be crumbly.

By the end of the first week and into the start of August, we see a slight uptick in size. Saturday the 2nd of August has a 3 ft SSE swell with a 12-second period, generating a combined energy of 234. That’s a more interesting groundswell setup, but the wind from the northeast is still a messy cross-shore, creating lumpy conditions. The same story plays out on Monday the 3rd of August, where a 4 ft to 4 ft E to ESE swell (278 combined energy) actually has clean cross-offshore winds from the NNE – that’s a classic window for Villa Gesell’s sandbar. It’s a bit big for beginners at over 4 ft, but for an intermediate surfer, this is the standout window. The period is 8 to 9 seconds, so it’s wind swell but with decent power. The rest of the second week is a mix of onshore winds and dropping energy, so don’t get your hopes up too high for anything after that Monday afternoon.

Honestly, if you love kitesurfing, this entire period with moderate to fresh cross-onshore winds is going to look a lot more fun than a paddle session.

Rusty.

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