That high pressure isn’t leaving any time soon – wind swell continues.

We should continue to have some leftover groundswell linger over the next couple of days, but the wind swell from the impenetrable high pressure system over our side of the Atlantic will continue for another week. The angle of the wind swell will gradually shift to a more easterly direction which will leave Rincon small to flat early next week. By mid-week next week we might see another front pull off the states. As for this week, expect the size of the surf to drop off a little each day of the forecast period.

I’ll try to update with a play by play for each day later on.

This week is going to get windy – sloppy surf on the way.

The size of this week’s swell event will be large, the period however will be short and the form will most likely be a bit on the nasty side. Protected spots will be the key, but shorter period swell doesn’t always wrap too well into the nooks and crannies. I think with the amount of size that is currently forecast should still be enough to get a few choice tucked away spots working. The current is going to be strong at a lot of spots so be careful out there.

The weekend swell should be decent.

The winds should turn more easterly while the longer period swell fills in for the weekend. We should still see surf in the head high or bigger range so this weekend is looking pretty fun now. The latest model runs are making Saturday through Monday look really enticing. We could see some surf in the 2-4ft overhead range and perfect conditions. Bear in mind that this is a few days out and anything can change for the worse between now and then. As of right now however, this weekend is looking like it will go off!

Rincon is about to get windy. Small surf opportunities mid-week.

Looks like we will have no shortage of wind as high pressure will dominate most of this coming week. Mid-week we could see some waist to chest high wrap-around swell mixed with some northerly background swell. I think the Isabela area will probably be fun in the mornings and have plenty of chest to head high days this week with a moderate chop in the late morning to afternoon. I doubt even the early morning session will have glassy conditions up there, but you should at least be able to grab some fun waves. Rincon looks like it will remain surf lesson sized surf with sideshore winds at the west side spots. Next weekend is currently showing some potential on the long-range models. All in all, I believe we’ll see at least one more decent swell in April, but for now what we will get this week is more of the seasonal norm for April. This coming week is looking like trademark April.

Windy conditions and background swell on the way.

Tomorrow and Thursday will feature calm winds and small to flat conditions due to some leftover background swell in the ocean. It will be more of a surf lesson wave at the most exposed breaks. The north side of the island could see some decent surf with calm winds in the morning. Friday is when the wind will crank out of the ENE to NE and it won’t stop through the remainder of the forecast period. Some groundswell might punch through, but it will be battered down a lot from all that wind pointing away from Rincon. The conditions should be super glassy at the tucked away spots, but whatever swell makes it through will not be too big. We should at least see some waist to chest high surf starting Friday though. The surf should stay in that range through to the middle of next week.