Rincon gets skunked this weekend.

A lot of people were hopeful of some decent swell this weekend. A lot of the automated forecast tools were indicating a moderate swell event. I never really got on board with that. Unfortunately I was right. We will stay small to flat for the weekend. We’re currently forecast to remain small to flat in Rincon for the next 7 days, but after watching the satellite loop for bit I can’t ignore the explosion of storms around another frontal boundary. Granted, the storm will probably go up and over our swell window for the most part. But I can definitely see a decent NE swell forming in the North Atlantic if this system can stay strong. I’m going to make a real effort to be more in tune with the forecasts again and might even start doing some video forecasts. Let’s hope for some swell next week!

Rincon kind of got skunked on the Hurricane Edouward Swell

It looked like the swell would be strong enough to push into Rincon, but the path of the storm just didn’t cooperate enough to give Rincon the reach-around. The swell wrapped around as best it could but that still just left us with surf lesson waves in Rincon. The North side of the island got pretty decent and there was quite a few fun sessions to be had, but the crowds were super heavy. The swell in reality didn’t have nearly as much of a NE angle as all the models were predicting. In the ocean it was mainly East swell. Unfortunately, the forecast is looking grim again.

Rincon: We stay small to flat for the foreseeable future. Some background pulses might show up over the weekend off and on with the tides, but don’t expect much.

Isabela/Aguadilla: Smaller leftovers starting tomorrow with a big drop in size by Friday. Some waist to chest high wind chop should be on hand over the next week or so though.