Atalaia (Molhes) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and let’s have a look at what’s coming down the pipe for Atalaia. We’ve got a run of days here where you’ll need to be picky. The start is pretty average, but there are a couple of windows where it turns on. Let’s break it down.

For the next few days, we’re looking at some small, weak surf. Friday the 7th has some waves around 3-3 feet, but the wind is messy, coming onshore in the afternoon and just making everything choppy. The energy is weak (94) and it’s not really worth getting excited about. Saturday the 8th, the swell drops a bit, but the period jumps up to 15 seconds, which is a nice groundswell, and the energy is moderate (361). The morning has a bit of cross-shore wind, but the afternoon cleans up nicely with a cross-offshore breeze. It’s small, only 3 feet, but it’ll be better quality. Sunday is a write-off. The wind is howling from the SSE at 12 mph and the surf gets bigger but all chopped up. Forget about it.

Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th are pretty flat and poor. The energy drops right off, and we’re just seeing weak, wind-affected leftovers. This is a good time to do other things.

Then we get a little window. Wednesday morning the 12th turns glassy with a light offshore wind. The swell is still small, around 3 feet, but that groundswell with a 13-second period and moderate energy (301) will give you some clean, fun little waves. The wind stays favorable on Thursday the 13th, too. It’s light offshore in the morning, and then goes completely glassy by the afternoon. Swell is still 2-3 feet, but it’s clean and the energy is moderate (479). This is the best quality we’ve seen so far, but the size is still very small.

After that, the wind gets nasty again on Friday the 14th with strong southerly winds and poor conditions. The weekend isn't much better, with more small, onshore slop. It looks like we have another lull.

Now, looking further out, there’s something interesting. Around the 20th and 21st, the swell direction shifts to the ESE, and the period bumps up. It's still small, around 3-3 feet, but the energy is moderate (286) and the Thursday morning looks promising with a light cross-offshore breeze making things clean. This is a long way out, so don’t book the day off yet, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

So, to be straight with you: the pick of the bunch is the period from Wednesday the 12th through Thursday the 13th. It’s not big, but it’s clean and you might get some fun ones at Atalaia (Molhes) . The swell direction is SE, which is fine for this spot. It’s pretty consistent, so you won’t be staring at flat water, and it’s 2-3 feet surf. The other one to watch is Thursday the 20th, but that’s a week away and forecasts change. We’ve got some other days with surf, but the wind just ruins it, making things choppy and cross-onshore. If the wind stays as forecast, those days are a miss. This is a bit of a stop-start outlook, so be ready to move when the good windows are there.

Rusty

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