Surf Forecasts:
Barra Vento surf forecast from 15 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 16 Sep, 3AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period, ESE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 17 Sep, 9PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period, SE swell with 459 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 16 Sep, 3AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Barra Vento this week:
The surf forecast for Barra Vento over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 16) at 3AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.8m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 11s. Another secondary swell of 0.6m and 5s is also forecast. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Barra Vento in the next 16 days are 1.6m 10s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 17) at 9PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 6s period and expected on Thursday (Sep 17) at 6AM.
| Wave Type | Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 3AM (Wed 16th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 3AM (Wed 16th Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 9PM (Thu 17th Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Barra Vento over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right, Rusty here again, but I’ll switch over to feet and Fahrenheit for this one.
The water is a warm 80°, so that’s a touch warmer than usual for this time of year – not something you’d normally expect.
The start of the run is nothing special. Tuesday morning the 15th has the wind calm and glassy – a 0 km/h north breeze – and a small 3ft swell from the ESE. The energy is low (137) and the period is short at 8 seconds. It’s ridable, but not what you’d write home about. Beginners might have a go at it.
The afternoon gets trashed by a 30 km/h easterly cross-shore wind, lumpy and messy. Wednesday the 16th morning is cleaner with a light cross-off breeze, but the swell drops to 3ft (142 energy). That’s weak. Afternoons stay blown out.
Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th are hopeless: onshore winds, rain, and a 5ft (1.5m) swell on Friday morning that’s just a short-period windswell (7 seconds), all chopped up. Not worth paddling out.
The pattern stays terrible through the weekend and into the next week. Constant cross-shore winds of 15 to 20 mph, and the swell never looks clean. The only true standout comes late in the run, on Sunday the 27th of September. The morning has a 4ft ESE swell (209 energy) with a light ENE breeze at just 10 km/h, cross-offshore, and it’s glassy. That’s the cleanest, best shaped session you’ll get in this whole 16-day window.
Monday the 28th morning is similar – 5ft from the ESE, light cross-off breeze at 10 km/h (247 energy), also clean. Good for intermediates. But make no mistake, afternoons blow out again.
The final morning on Wednesday the 30th is tiny – just 3ft with a light breeze but weak energy (162). Not worth a special trip.
So, bottom line: there’s a long gap of poor, blown-out surf from the 16th right through the 26th. The only windows worth your time are those two mornings – Sunday the 27th and Monday the 28th. And even then, it’s small and clean, not a big swell. For the rest of it, you’re better off staying on the beach.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue morning, min 23°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SE by Thu night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 26°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | E 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 131 | 160 | 86 | 82 | 439 | 313 | 218 | 166 | 161 | 192 | 163 | 282 | 220 | 181 | 267 | 172 | 237 | 139 | 132 | 128 | 166 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 6:09PM2.10m | 6:37AM2.06m | 6:42PM1.96m | 7:15AM1.89m | 7:20PM1.80m | 8:05AM1.72m | 8:16PM1.65m | 9:31AM1.59m | 10:05PM1.56m | 11:32AM1.62m | 11:58PM1.65m | 12:42PM1.76m | 00:57AM1.82m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 12:02PM0.50m | 00:15AM0.42m | 12:35PM0.65m | 00:51AM0.59m | 1:12PM0.82m | 1:35AM0.76m | 2:04PM0.97m | 2:43AM0.91m | 3:44PM1.07m | 4:42AM0.95m | 5:43PM1.00m | 6:13AM0.84m | 6:45PM0.84m | ||||||||
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 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — |
 | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Temp °C | 26 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 25 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | S 13 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SSE 10 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 13 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | E 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SSE 8 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 131 | 4 | 86 | 82 | 18 | 313 | 218 | 166 | 65 | 61 | 75 | 17 | 84 | 140 | 267 | 94 | 124 | 111 | 132 | 55 | 166 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 12 | E 5 | S 13 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 13 | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | S 8 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | S 14 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 28 | 17 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 29 | 45 | 65 | 97 | 61 | 54 | 4 | 76 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | — | SE 14 | SE 12 | — | S 13 | SE 14 | — | SSE 13 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | S 13 | S 12 | ESE 10 | — | S 11 | S 10 | SSE 9 | S 15 | S 14 | SSE 13 |
| kJ | 4 | — | 8 | 40 | — | 14 | 7 | — | 53 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 40 | — | 9 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 8 | E 5 | — | ESE 11 | ENE 6 | — | SSE 4 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | E 7 | — | ESE 8 | E 7 |
| kJ | — | 160 | 23 | — | 439 | 29 | — | 28 | 161 | 192 | 163 | 282 | 220 | 181 | 151 | 172 | 237 | 139 | — | 128 | 108 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 769 | 749 | 0 | 834 | 882 | 834 | 1142 | 834 | 769 | 1319 | 769 | 148 | 769 | 749 | 749 | 749 | 157 | 749 | 769 | 188 |
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