Cogumelo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what we’ve got coming up for the area.

It’s a bit of a slow burn for the next week or so. The swell’s around, but it’s mostly onshore and messy. The real standout action is tucked away right at the end of the window, so you’ll need some patience.

First up, Cogumelo is where we’re looking. The water temp is about average for the time of year right now. We get some small, poor surf from Wednesday the 26th of August through to probably the end of the month. The wind is mostly cross or cross-on from the W or NW, and the swell is small, under 3ft to 6ft, with a weak energy range (31 to 399). Not worth paddling out for, honestly.

Things start to look up a little on Friday the 28th of August morning. There’s a 7ft WNW groundswell (period 10 seconds) building, with light cross-shore N wind. The energy jumps to 810, which is moderate. It’s still a bit marginal for tide, but that’s the best we’ve seen in days. The afternoon gets choppy again though.

After that, we slide back into poor, choppy surf for most of the first week of September. The swell stays in the 4ft to 6ft range, period around 8-9 seconds, and the wind keeps swinging onshore or cross-on. Energy levels are moderate (200-485), but the quality just isn’t there.

Here’s the good news. Wednesday morning the 2nd of September, Cogumelo gets a clean-up with a light cross-offshore NNE breeze. The swell is a clean 5ft from the NW at 8 seconds, energy at 303. This is the first real window of clean conditions.

But the absolute standout, the one to mark in the calendar, is Thursday morning the 3rd of September. We’ve got glassy conditions with a light SSE wind, dead calm. The swell is a clean 4ft from the NW at 9 seconds, energy at 210. That’s going to be the cleanest, most user-friendly day of the whole run. For the more advanced crew, Monday morning the 7th of September also offers glassy conditions with a 3ft NW groundswell (10 seconds, 220 energy) – it’s small but pristine. And Tuesday morning the 8th of September is dead calm and glassy with a 4ft NW swell (7 seconds, 279 energy). Then again, Wednesday morning the 9th of September with glassy conditions and a 5ft NW swell (8 seconds, 239 energy). Also, Thursday morning the 10th of September has clean cross-offshore conditions with a 3ft NW swell (9 seconds, 249 energy). The best of the bunch is definitely that super-clean Thursday the 3rd.

If the swell gets a bit bigger later on, a 7ft wave is right on the edge for beginners, so keep that in mind. The period hangs around that 8-11 second range for most of the run, which is decent shape for a beach break setup, but nothing super long-period. Crowds at Cogumelo are often around, so expect company on those glassy mornings.

To be honest, apart from those glassy windows in early September, a lot of the afternoons look like they’d be more fun if you’ve got a kite. The cross-onshore chop and moderate breeze won’t do much for a paddle surfer.

Rusty.

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