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Cabo Blanco surf forecast from 4 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 11 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period, SSW swell with 37 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Cabo Blanco this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Cabo Blanco in the next 16 days are 1.0m 4s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Aug 11) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 16s period and expected on Friday (Aug 07) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (-05) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Tue 11th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 4s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Cabo Blanco over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Grim times ahead, folks. I’ve been staring at the charts for Cabo Blanco and, well, it’s a desert out there. The whole 16-day window is a write-off. Not a single decent wave on the horizon, and the models are just showing a whole lot of nothing. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple. The water’s cranked up to 73° with a 7° anomaly, which is very unusual for this time of year, so the swimming’s good, but the surfing’s not.
The next week and a half is just a graveyard of weak, short-period junk. We’re talking knee-high slop at best. Tuesday the 4th has a tiny 0.7ft pulse with a long 11-second period, but the 12 mph cross-shore wind chops it to bits. The energy is a paltry 16, so there’s nothing behind it. The rest of that week and the next is more of the same: 0.3ft to 2ft dribble with cross and cross-on winds. The swell directions are all over the place – WSW, SW, NW – nothing with any consistency or power. The strongest wind we see is a 25 mph cross-shore on Tuesday the 11th, which will just make it a messy, blown-out lake. The combined energy readings are mostly in the single digits or low twenties, which is as weak as it gets.
There’s a slight flicker of hope around the 16th, with a 0.7ft swell showing an 18-second period in the morning, but it’s cross-on and the energy is only 31. It’s a ghost of a groundswell, and it won’t have the grunt to do anything but maybe straighten out the shorebreak. By the 19th, we’re back to 0.3ft with a 16-second period, but again, it’s just a whisper. The winds are mostly light, but they’re always from the wrong direction – cross or cross-on. For a point break that needs a clean, offshore NNW wind, this is as bad as it gets. Honestly, if you’re desperate for a paddle, you’d have more fun on a bodyboard. The setup looks way more interesting for a kite surfer than a surfer, given the constant cross-shore winds and lack of any real swell.
Cabo Blanco is fairly consistent as a wave, but this is a blank run that’s more normal for the area when the swell window is shut. The forecast can change, but right now, there’s nothing to get excited about. I’d hang up the board for a couple of weeks and do some fishing.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue morning, light winds from the WSW by Wed morning). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 21°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sun afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | SW 5 | SW 4 | SW 12 | SW 3 | SSW 3 | NW 9 | WSW 3 | NW 9 | NW 10 | SW 3 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 4 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 11 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 8 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:45PM1.55m | 7:59AM1.71m | 8:39PM1.49m | 8:49AM1.63m | 9:46PM1.44m | 9:51AM1.55m | 11:07PM1.44m | 11:08AM1.51m | 00:30AM1.51m | 12:27PM1.53m | 1:40AM1.63m | 1:38PM1.60m | 2:38AM1.78m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:42PM0.38m | 1:43AM0.48m | 2:28PM0.39m | 2:34AM0.57m | 3:24PM0.41m | 3:38AM0.66m | 4:32PM0.41m | 5:01AM0.70m | 5:50PM0.38m | 6:29AM0.67m | 7:03PM0.29m | 7:45AM0.58m | 8:06PM0.18m | ||||||||
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 | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:29 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 25 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 16 | SW 12 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 35 | 29 | 56 | 72 | 89 | 140 | 163 | 122 | 116 | 258 | 262 | 248 | 234 | 142 | 103 | 67 | 34 | 107 | 102 | 93 | 120 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | WNW 10 | SSW 9 | SW 8 | SSW 11 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 16 | SW 12 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 18 | SW 18 | NW 9 | SW 15 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 18 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 16 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 47 | 57 | 82 | 150 | 173 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 57 | 33 | 18 | 111 | 109 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | S 12 | NW 10 | SSW 15 | SW 21 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 10 | — | — | — | NW 9 | NW 9 | SW 22 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 19 | NW 11 | NW 11 |
| kJ | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 60 | 59 | 5 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 4 | — | SW 3 | SSW 3 | — | WSW 3 | — | — | SW 3 | S 3 | — | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 13 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 5 |
| kJ | 5 | 47 | 6 | — | 5 | 3 | — | 5 | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | 18 | 7 | 108 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 172 | 972 | 84 | 6 | 530 | 48 | 13 | 995 | 1 | 93 | 229 | 229 | 172 | 995 | 29 | 75 | 530 | 84 | 93 | 924 | 29 |
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