Enseada Dos Corais Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up: the next couple of weeks at Enseada Dos Corais are shaping up to be a real struggle. This exposed spot, which works best on a SE swell, is copping a lot of onshore and cross-onshore wind from the south, and that’s killing any chance of clean waves for the foreseeable future.

The water temp is sitting at 80°F, about average for this time of year, so we can’t even use that as an excuse.

We kick off on Monday the 6th of July with a 4ft ESE swell, but it’s short period at 8 seconds and the wind is a cross-on 12 mph S’ly. The combined energy is a moderate 263, but the word from the file is “poor surf conditions.” That’s the story for the whole week. Tuesday the 7th is a bit smaller at 3ft, same cross-on wind, and by the afternoon a 2ft swell from the south shows up with a long period of 13 seconds (groundswell), but the wind is onshore and it’s still marked as poor. The energy jumps to 313 on Tuesday arvo, then 421 on Wednesday morning, but the wind is still onshore, so the waves will be messy.

Thursday the 9th of July afternoon is the first time we see a hint of possibility – a 4ft swell from the SSE with a solid 14-second period (groundswell) and combined energy of 540. The wind is light, but cross-onshore. The file calls it “marginal.” It’s not unsurfable, but it won’t be pretty. This is the best you’ll see all week, but it’s still average at best.

Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th are back to poor, with 4ft to 4ft swells and cross-onshore S’ly winds. The energy on Saturday morning hits 611 – that’s strong wave energy – but the wind is ruining it.

From Sunday the 12th, the wind swings around to ENE, giving us cross-shore conditions. The swell drops to 4ft on the Sunday morning, then smaller through Monday and Tuesday. The energy drops off too, back into the 200-300 range. It’s still only marginal at best.

Then from Wednesday the 15th right through to Tuesday the 21st of July, we’ve got a run of onshore winds from the SE and SSE. The swell picks up again from the 19th, hitting 6ft on Sunday morning and 7ft on Monday the 20th, with combined energy climbing to 578 then 658. But the period is short (7-8 seconds), the wind is onshore, and the file keeps saying “poor surf conditions.” 6ft with onshore wind and short period is just a messy, blown-out wall of whitewater – not a good look for a paddle surfer.

Honestly, there are no standout days here. The best chance to get wet would be Thursday arvo the 9th of July or maybe Sunday morning the 12th, but you’d be surfing average, lumpy waves. For anyone keen on getting something out of this, the break is consistent and exposed, so when the wind eventually plays ball it could fire, but in this forecast window, it’s not happening. Given the consistent onshores and the solid swell later on, this setup might actually look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing – there’s plenty of wind and wave energy, just not in the right direction for us.

Keep an eye on the charts, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty

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