Acre (Mifalim) or Ako Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – this outlook for Acre (Mifalim) or Ako is a tough one. The next 16 days are looking pretty grim for a proper paddle. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the scores are all bottom of the barrel. There’s a long stretch of nothing worth chasing, but let’s walk through it.

The water temp is sitting at 85°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. Not a game-changer, but it’s nice.

We start on Wednesday 12 August. Morning brings a tiny 1 ft swell from the WNW with a short 6-second period. Combined energy is a weak 18. Wind is onshore from the west at 6 mph. It’s poor. Afternoon isn’t any better – 2 ft, same direction, 9 mph onshore wind. Combined energy climbs to 25, but still weak. Nothing to get wet for.

Thursday 13 August: morning sees 1 ft, cross-onshore wind from the WSW at 9 mph. Combined energy is 12. Afternoon picks up to 2 ft from the W with a 5-second period, but wind is onshore at 12 mph. Energy hits 21. Still poor.

Friday 14 August: morning has 2 ft, cross-onshore wind from the SSW at 12 mph. Combined energy is 38. Afternoon is similar – 3 ft from the W, 7-second period, cross-onshore wind at 12 mph. Energy gets to 56. Still poor.

Saturday 15 August: morning swell is 2 ft, cross-onshore wind from the SSW at 6 mph. Combined energy is 43. Afternoon: 2 ft, onshore wind from the W at 12 mph. Energy 47. No joy.

Sunday 16 August: morning is the first hint of something – 3 ft from the WNW with an 8-second period, cross-onshore breeze from the SW at 6 mph. Combined energy is 87. It’s still marginal, score of 1 out of 10. Afternoon drops back to 2 ft with onshore wind. Not the one.

Monday 17 August: morning has 3 ft from the WNW, 7-second period, onshore wind from the W at 6 mph. Combined energy is 78. Score is 1. Afternoon goes choppy with cross-onshore wind. Still poor.

From Tuesday 18 August through to Thursday 27 August, it’s a rinse and repeat of tiny swell – 1 ft to 3 ft – with periods between 5 and 7 seconds, and wind mostly onshore or cross-onshore. Combined energy stays weak, ranging from 10 to 78. There’s one morning on Wednesday 19 August with glassy conditions (wind from the west at 3 mph) and a 2 ft swell, but the energy is only 30 and the swell is tiny. It’s a tease.

The best of a bad bunch is Sunday 16 August morning and Monday 17 August morning, where the swell bumps up to 3 ft–3 ft with an 8-second period, and the combined energy hits 87 and 78. But the wind is cross-onshore or onshore, so it’s not clean. For a beginner-friendly spot like this, that tiny swell is rideable, but the wind kills it.

Honestly, this stretch is a write-off for surf. The swell is too small, the wind is wrong, and the energy is weak. If you’re a kite surfer, the consistent onshore wind and small waves might be interesting, but for paddle surfing, there’s nothing here. The blank run is pretty normal for this area when the swell windows are shut.

Stay patient, mate. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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