Zeneta Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee and pull up a chair. The surf forecast for Zeneta over the next couple of weeks is a bit of a strange one. We've got waves on the way, but they're going to be messy. The winds just won't play nice from the north, keeping things chopped up and cross-onshore more often than not. It's a waiting game, plain and simple.

Looking at the start of the window, Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th are pretty flat out. We're talking ankle-biters under 3 ft with no push behind them. Not worth paddling out for. The swell starts to fill in a bit from Friday the 7th, reaching around 4 ft from the northwest, but a light cross-shore breeze in the morning still leaves it with ripples and no real shape. The water's about 72°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year.

The whole first week is a case of "so close, yet so far." The swell stays around that 3 ft to 4 ft mark, coming from the northwest, but the wind just keeps ruining it. It's a north-northeast breeze for the most part, which is cross-onshore here, and that just chops everything up. The combined energy jumps up a bit on Friday morning to 220, but it's not offering us anything clean.

We're now into the second week, and the long-range charts start to get a little more interesting, but the winds aren't letting up. From the 15th, we start to see a bump in size and energy. The 15th itself sees the swell pushing up to 5 ft in the morning, and energy climbing to 350. But again, that north-northeast wind is there to keep it messy. The 16th looks similar, with a bigger wrap of energy at 247 and a 4 ft swell, but the wind state is cross and a bit stronger.

The most promising window in this whole 16-day stretch is looking like the period around the 19th and 20th. The swell drops back a touch to 4 ft on the morning of the 19th, but the energy is solid at 226, and the period bumps up to 9 seconds from the northwest. It’s still not perfect, and the wind is up again in the afternoon, but the morning of the 19th might offer the most push we've seen. Then the 20th builds a little more, with afternoon energy reaching 242 and a 5 ft northwest swell. But again, the condition is marred by that persistent north-northeast cross-onshore wind.

Honestly, there's no standout, perfect day here. Nothing is scoring high for quality. It's been a while since we've had proper clean conditions, and it doesn't look like this stretch is going to provide a solid, clean day. My call? Keep an eye on the mornings of the 19th and 20th of August. It's not going to be epic, but it might be your best chance to get a few grovelling ones in before the chop kicks up again. If the winds ever swing offshore, jump on it, because the swell is there waiting.

Signing off, Rusty.

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