Barra Vento Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the first week and a half is a bit of a write-off for Barra Vento. The onshore winds just won't let up, and the swell is all over the place. We've got a long dry spell before anything worth paddling out for shows up. The first real glimmer of hope comes much later, so don't get your hopes up for the early days.

The first few days are a total no-go. Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th are blown out with cross-onshore winds and short-period, messy swell. The energy is weak to moderate (246 to 400) but it's all just chop. This continues right through to Wednesday the 6th of August.

Now, Thursday morning the 7th is a tease. The wind drops off to practically nothing, going glassy, and the surf is a tiny 3.6ft from the ESE. The wave energy is weak (197) and the period is short, so it's not going to be anything special, but it's the cleanest conditions we'll see for a while. It's surfable, but just barely.

Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th mornings offer a little more of the same. Clean, offshore breezes and knee-high waves from the ESE. The swell is weak (122 and 116), but if you're desperate for a small-wave session with no crowds, you could have a go. The sets won't be frequent, though.

After that, it's back to cross-shore and onshore winds, with weak, junky swell for the rest of the first week and into the second. The combined energy drops right down to 95 on the 9th – that's as weak as it gets.

Then we get a bit of a spike. Look at Friday the 14th of August. The swell jumps up to 10ft from the SSE with a combined energy of over 1000 (1056) – that's strong energy. The period is only 8 seconds, so it's a short-period wind swell, but it's a lot of water. The issue is the wind is cross-onshore, so it's going to be a bit of a messy, lumpy affair. This is expert territory at that size, and definitely not for beginners. The energy is strong, but the quality is marginal.

The following day, Saturday the 15th, the swell drops back to 6.2ft from the SE with moderate energy (480). The wind is light and cross-shore, so it'll be a bit bumpy, but a big step down from the day before.

Overall, the standout in this whole 16-day window is the Thursday morning glass-off on the 7th. It's small, it's weak, but it'll be clean. After that, the big, messy swell on the 14th is the only other spike of energy, but it's for experts only. Everything else is a write-off for the next two weeks.

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