Barrinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin' over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, the start of the period on Thursday the 23rd isn’t really worth paddling out for. The swell is there at 6 ft, but it’s coming from the S with a short period of 8 seconds, and a cross-off wind will mess up the face. Not your day.

Now, Friday morning the 24th is where we find the standout for this whole stretch. Friday morning is gonna be the session you remember. Barrinha will be running, solid 6 ft of SE swell with a much better 9-second period, and the wind will be glass. Absolutely dead flat – that, my friends, is as good as it gets for clean conditions. The water temp is sitting at about average for the time of year, around 65°. The combined energy is solid at 617, so there’s plenty of grunt in the water. This is the one to set the alarm for.

The rest of the following week goes downhill fast. Saturday the 25th drops a little, and by Sunday we’re down to waist-high leftovers with poor cross-on wind. The swell direction swings to the S and drops to 2 ft, with a long 12-second period, but the wind just tears it apart. Monday the 27th has a glassy morning, but it’s only 2 ft – tiny waves for the patient surfer or someone with a log.

The pattern stays small and ordinary through to the end of July and the start of August. We’re looking at a solid stretch from the 26th through the 2nd where there just isn’t a good recommendation to be found. Keep your board in the car, because on Monday the 3rd of August things might start to kick back up. It’s still a bit messy with cross-on wind, but we see a bump in swell to 5 ft from the SSE on the morning, and the energy jumps way up to 535. It’s not clean enough to call it a session, but it’s a sign the ocean is waking up.

Tuesday the 4th holds similar size, and by Wednesday the 5th of August the swell peaks at 8 ft from the E in the morning, with combined energy hitting 802. That's a lot of power, but unfortunately the wind stays cross-on, making it choppy. The afternoon gets even bigger at 8 ft (1020 energy), but at that size with a cross-on wind, it’s strictly for the experienced crew, and the conditions won’t be pretty. This whole week is more about potential than perfect waves.

After that, it completely flatlines into the 6th and 7th of August, with tiny dribble and no real energy.

So, bottom line: your best bet is Friday morning the 24th at Barrinha. That's the golden window. Everything else in the 16-day run is either too small, too windy, or too raw to get excited about.

Rusty out.

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