Barra Vento Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the outlook for Barra Vento. Let’s be straight with you – the next 16 days are a real mixed bag and you’ll need to be patient. The water is sitting at 79°F, which is about 2°F warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’s a touch above average.

The real story here is that there’s a long stretch of nothing much worth paddling out for. The first real standout doesn’t roll in until the very end of the month. For most of the next week, we’re dealing with small, weak, short-period swell, combined with a lot of cross-shore and onshore winds. The swell energy is mostly in the low to moderate range, with values like 295 and 340, but the quality is poor – it’s choppy and messy. There are a few windows, like Friday morning the 21st, where the wind goes light offshore from the north, and we get a clean 3ft swell from the ESE, but the period is only 8 seconds, so it’s small and relatively weak (combined energy 131). Saturday morning the 22nd also has a clean 3ft swell with a light north offshore, but again, it’s small (energy 95). These are more about a quick paddle than a proper session.

Then we hit a bit of a dry spell from Sunday the 23rd through the 25th and into the 26th – the swell is tiny, the wind is onshore, and it’s not worth getting excited about. The energy drops into the 60s and 70s.

But here’s the one that stands out above the rest. Come Monday morning, the 31st of August, we finally get a bit of magic. The wind goes glassy – zero wind – and the swell builds to 4ft from the east, with a 7-second period. The combined energy jumps to 239, which is moderate. The forecast is for “expect good surf conditions.” This is your best chance in the whole 16-day window. The water is warm, the conditions’ll be smooth, and it’s a solid wave for a beginner-friendly spot like Barra Vento. The wind is calm, so it’ll be clean as a whistle.

After that, the first few days of September offer more clean but small conditions – Tuesday and Wednesday mornings have gentle offshore winds (NNE), but the swell is only 2ft to 3ft, with energy around 121 and 88. It’s surfable, but small. The afternoons turn messy with that cross-shore wind again.

So, to wrap it up: the surf is mostly ordinary for the next week and a half. The best bet by a country mile is the morning of Monday the 31st of August – glassy conditions, 4ft east swell, clean. That’s the one to pencil in. Everything else is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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