Campeche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this is a tough outlook for Campeche (Brazil). The next 16 days are looking pretty grim. There’s a bit of a pulse around Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 22nd, but nothing that’s going to get you out of bed before dawn.

The real story is the lack of quality. We’ve got a few days of building swell, but the wind is just not playing ball. The water is sitting at a very unusual 60°F, which is a whopping 6°F colder than normal for this time of year at Campeche. That’s a serious bite in the air and water, so bring a thick suit.

We start with no surf at all on Sunday the 12th. The swell is there on the charts—4ft (164 combined energy) in the morning—but it’s messy, cross-shore, and the report says "poor surf conditions." That’s a no-go.

Monday the 13th is the only real standout in the whole window, and even then it’s a bit of a fight. The morning brings a 7ft south swell at 8 seconds (811 combined energy). That’s decent energy, but it’s a short period windswell, so it’ll be a bit fat and lumpy. The wind is a light cross-shore, which is okay, but the report says "marginal surf forecast." The afternoon drops to 6ft with a cross-onshore wind, making it choppy. This is the best we’ve got, but it’s far from perfect. That 7ft is a bit much for beginners, so it’s more for the experienced crew.

After that, it’s flat. Tuesday the 14th through the 20th are a complete write-off, with swell dropping to 1ft and then less than 1ft for days. The wind is mostly clean or glassy, but you can’t surf air. That’s a brutal stretch of nearly a week with nothing.

The next tiny pulse comes on Tuesday the 22nd. We’ve got a 4ft south-southeast swell (180 combined energy) in the morning, building to 4ft (279) in the afternoon. The wind is clean, cross-offshore from the north, so it’ll be clean. But the swell is small and weak, and the period is only 9-10 seconds. It’s surfable, but only just. The report still says "poor surf conditions."

The end of the window on Friday the 24th and into the weekend is just tiny, weak, and messy. A 3ft swell on Friday morning with a clean cross-offshore wind is the only other glimpse of something rideable, but it’s a 3ft wave with weak energy (118). For a sandbar that needs a decent south swell and good wind, this is not it.

To be honest, if you’re a kite surfer, the windy, choppy afternoons might look more interesting than a paddle. But for a surf, this is a dud. The only half-decent window is the morning of Monday the 13th, with a 7ft south swell, but don’t expect perfection. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a long wait.

Rusty.

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