Copacabana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

The first good news is we’ve got some solid energy straight away, but it’s a short-lived window, so you’ll want to be on it. The standout is Monday morning at Copacabana. We’ve got a clean 6 ft swell from the NNW with a period of 10 seconds, pumping in 583 of moderate wave energy. The wind is glassy, dead calm, so the surface will be like a mirror. The swell direction is a little off from the guide’s optimum NW, but it’s still a cracking combination of size and clean conditions for an intermediate-level surfer. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual there.

By Monday afternoon, the wind swings to a strong NE cross-shore at 15 mph, chopping it right up, so that window is gone. The rest of the week goes downhill fast. Tuesday morning still has a clean 4 ft from the NW with light cross-offshore winds, but the energy drops to 336, and it’s just not in the same league as Monday. Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, and Thursday are all poor with onshore or cross-onshore winds and fading swell, dropping to knee-high or less. From Friday the 31st of July right through to the second week of August, the forecast goes quiet. There’s a long gap of more than 10 days with only tiny, weak surf and mostly poor conditions—nothing to get excited about.

There’s a tiny flicker on Tuesday the 4th of August morning with a glassy 1 ft from the WNW, but it’s a very long-period, 11-second groundswell (63 in energy). That’s a tough one—it’ll be a real slow, inconsistent set at a beach break, and only worth a look if you’re desperate. After that, it’s back to poor conditions through to the 11th of August, with a few days of clean cross-offshore winds but tiny waves.

So, the call is simple: Monday morning, the 27th of July, is your only real shot at something decent. After that, it’s a long, quiet stretch.

Rusty.

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