Carcavelos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let’s see what we’ve got for Carcavelos. To be honest, the next few days are pretty grim. The wind is all wrong, blowing cross-onshore or onshore, and the swell is small and weak – combined energy is only around 255 on Tuesday morning. It’s just not worth getting wet.

The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

We do have a bit of a window on Thursday morning, the 20th. The wind goes glassy, which is a major positive, and the waves will be super clean. But don't get too excited – the swell is only 2ft from the WNW with a short period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is weak at 83. It’s surfable, but it’s flat, weak, and very ordinary. Not exactly firing.

Now, things get a bit more interesting from Friday the 21st right through to Monday the 24th. The swell picks up big time, with heights ranging from 6ft up to 10ft, and combined energy getting into the strong zone, hitting 1266 on Sunday morning. The wind turns cross-offshore from the NNW, so the conditions will look clean.

However, there’s a major problem. For a beginner-friendly beach break like Carcavelos, anything over 5ft is getting too big for the learners, and when it hits over 8ft, it's expert-only territory. The forecast is telling us the swell is predicted to be too big for this break. For the bigger days, the setup might actually look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

After that, the surf drops back down, but the wind stays up. There are some surfable mornings from the 28th of August through to the 2nd of September, with clean cross-offshore winds and swell around the 5ft to 6ft mark. The energy is moderate, in the 300 to 500 range. These are alright, but nothing to write home about. The standout window is the morning of the 31st of August, which gets a nod for "expect good surf conditions." You’ll have 5ft NNW swell with clean, gentle cross-offshore breezes and combined energy of 329. It’s not epic, but by a long way the best on offer in this stretch.

So, overall, for the more consistent surfer, it’s a mixed bag. The big swell from the 21st to the 24th is going to be too much for Carcavelos, but the 31st of August morning looks like a solid, clean, and surfable day.

Rusty.

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