Las Urracas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, grab a coffee, let’s see what’s coming down the line for Las Urracas. The first few days are a bit of a write-off – the wind is messy, and the surf is lumpy. We’re looking at a patchy start with only short windows of anything worthwhile.

The standout comes later, so don't get too excited early on. The water temp is running around 64°, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year – no surprises there.

We kick off on Sunday, July 5th, with a 4ft swell out of the southwest, but it’s a long-period 19-second groundswell. The energy is moderate (1074), but the cross-onshore breeze is ruining the shape. It’s choppy and marginal. Monday, July 6th, actually sees a bump up to 5ft SW swell, but the wind is still cross-onshore and stronger. The energy jumps up (1407), but it’s a messy, choppy mess. Not worth paddling out.

Then things flip. Tuesday afternoon, July 7th, the wind drops to glassy, dead calm. The swell eases to 4ft from the SW, but it’s a clean 15-second period. The energy is still there (736), and the conditions are looking proper. This is a good window, right into Wednesday morning, July 8th, with more glassy conditions and a 3ft SW swell (460 energy). Wednesday afternoon holds glassy with a smaller 3ft swell (517 energy). These two days, Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday, are your best early call – clean, peeling lines, just not much size.

Thursday and Friday mornings are compromised again by onshore or cross-onshore winds, but the afternoons clean up. Friday afternoon, July 10th, the wind goes glassy again, 4ft SW swell, 13-second period (614 energy). Nice, tidy, fun surf.

The real prize shows up later. Tuesday, July 14th, is outstanding. The morning is glassy with a 4ft SSW swell (643 energy), and the afternoon is also glassy, with a slightly bigger 5ft SSW swell (795 energy). The direction is a solid SSW, which is a great fit for the reef. That’s the session to circle on your calendar. Good energy, clean, no wind.

Wednesday and Thursday, July 15th and 16th, have glassy afternoons again, with 4ft to 4ft SW swell. Consistent and clean.

Further out, the weekend of July 18th into the 19th looks promising. Saturday morning, July 18th, is glassy with 3ft SW swell (696 energy) and a nice 13-second period. Saturday afternoon stays glassy, 4ft SW swell with a longer 16-second period (831 energy). That’s a gorgeous long-period groundswell. It’ll be clean and racy on the reef. Sunday afternoon, July 19th, also goes glassy, 4ft SW swell but the period drops to 8 seconds – shorter, weaker (523 energy), but still ridable and clean.

Monday morning, July 20th, is cross-shore, but Monday afternoon the wind goes glassy again with a 4ft SW swell, though the period is a short 8 seconds (410 energy). Small and clean, a last fun day.

The pick of the 16 days? Tuesday, July 14th. Glassy conditions all day, a solid 4ft to 5ft SSW groundswell with good period (14 seconds), and moderate energy around 643 to 795. That’ll be the best shaped, most consistent wave across the whole run.

The period from July 7th to 9th is a close second for clean conditions, just a touch smaller. If you're after a long-range hit, Sunday, July 18th, is looking like a very nice glassy weekend session, but it’s two weeks out and could change.

Crowds at Las Urracas can be around sometimes, so expect company on those premium glassy days, especially Tuesday the 14th.

Rusty.

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