Zarautz Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what's cookin' for Zarautz over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, the outlook is pretty flat and uninspiring for a while. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf ahead, and it’s going to take a while before anything with real grunt shows up. The first week is basically a write-off for quality waves, with the real action not arriving until around the 19th and 20th of July.

Right now, there’s just not enough swell to get excited about. The water temperature is a warm 75°F which is *much warmer than normal* for this time of year, so at least a paddle will be comfortable.

Zarautz itself is the only break in the game, and it's a beginner-friendly, very consistent beachie, exposed to swell. The issue is the swell. For the first week or so, we're looking at tiny waves, mostly around 2 ft to 2 ft from the NW with periods around 8 to 10 seconds. The combined energy is low, in the 30s and 60s (weak). There are a few glassy morning windows, like Monday morning (July 6th), Tuesday morning (July 7th), Thursday morning (July 9th), and Friday morning (July 10th) – those would be clean but sadly, they’ll be flat. It’s more of a longboard or even a swim fins kind of situation. Crowds are often a factor here, so at least with no waves it’ll be quiet.

A slight pulse shows up around Monday morning, July 13th, with the swell bumping to 4 ft, but the wind is cross-on, messy, so it's not worth rushing out. That pattern of small, onshore junk continues through the rest of the week.

Then we get to the weekend of July 19th and 20th. The swell really gets going. On Sunday July 19th, we're looking at 8 ft to 8 ft from the NW with a period around 7–8 seconds (short period) and the combined energy hits 569 and 692 (strong). That is solid, powerful, winter-style energy for this coast. However, the wind is a consistent cross-onshore from the NW at 12 mph, which is likely to chop it up and make it pretty ugly. This is more of a big, stormy day where the beachie might be a mess. It could be a better day for some expert-level paddle-outs or maybe even kite-surfing action, but for clean lined-up waves, it’s probably not the one. There's also a solid 6 ft to 5 ft swell running into Monday July 20th, again with cross-onshore wind.

All in all, the best bet for a surf in the next two weeks is probably the very small, clean windows early on (July 6th–10th) if you’re desperate for a glide. The bigger swell at the end is big, but the quality looks poor due to wind. It’s a waiting game.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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