Las Urracas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, giving it to you straight. Let's break down the surf at Las Urracas over the next couple of weeks.

First thing’s first: the beginning is a bit of a snooze. There's a dry spell right through the middle of September where the swell is small and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore. You’ll have to wait until at least Thursday the 17th for things to start looking rideable. For the first few days, the wave energy is weak and the conditions are just ordinary. Don't rush out – there's a gap of a few days with nothing worth chasing.

The water temperature is 66°, which is about 4° above the normal for this time of year. That's noticeably warm.

Thursday 17th September finally gives us a clean morning. It’s glassy, with a 0.8m (3 ft) swell out of the SW at a long 12-second interval. The combined energy is moderate (230). It’s a longboard or funboard kind of morning – small, clean, but no power behind it. The afternoon stays glassy but the swell drops even more.

Friday 18th September morning is clean with a light cross-off breeze and 0.7m (2 ft) SW swell (213 energy). Rideable and tidy. The afternoon gets trashed by a 12 mph cross-onshore – forget it.

Saturday 19th September is a good one early. Glassy conditions on a 0.9m (3 ft) SW swell (254 energy). It’s small but dead clean. The afternoon stays clean with a light offshore northerly breeze.

Sunday 21st September has a glassy morning and a glass-off in the afternoon with 0.8m (3 ft) SW (216 energy). Clean conditions for the small stuff.

Wednesday 23rd September morning is dead calm – glassy, with 1.0m (3 ft) of SW swell. Easy paddling and clean faces.

The real highlight, the one you need to save the date for, is the weekend of Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of September. On Saturday morning we see 1.3m (4 ft) from the WSW with zero wind and combined energy at 662. That's already good. By Saturday afternoon the wind is still dead calm and the period stretches to 14 seconds out of the WSW, with energy climbing to 786. That’s a solid groundswell building in.

Then Sunday 27th September morning is the best of the whole outlook. We’re looking at 1.6m (5 ft) of clean, cross-off swell from the WSW, a long 13-second period, and wave energy at 1070 – that's strong, powerful surf. The wind is light and offshore, so this reef will be set up proper. For the experienced crew, this is your window. It'll be too much for beginners – that wave height and power is for the confident intermediate and above.

After that, Monday 28th September morning is glassy again with 1.0m (3 ft) from the SSW, dropping to a 12-second period. Still a damn good session.

So, bottom line: you'll sit through a flat, windy start, but the last weekend of September is the real prize. The Saturday glass-off and Sunday morning’s 1.6m (5 ft) WSW groundswell with clean winds is the standout. Get after it.

- Rusty

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