Faria Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be real about the next couple of weeks at Faria.

Honestly, if you’re looking to get wet, you’re going to have to be patient. This is a lean stretch. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a write-off for any proper session. There’s no real swell to get excited about – it’s all small, weak energy with combined energy values mostly down in the low hundreds (127 on the 27th morning, 227 on the 28th afternoon) and only a few days sneaking into the moderate three hundred to five hundred range, like the 29th Saturday morning (401) and the 3rd Thursday afternoon (560), but even then, the quality is just not there.

The wind is the real killer. It’s almost never blowing offshore. Most of the time it’s a light cross-onshore, sometimes just a gentle chop, and the surf is always marked as poor. You’ll get a few moments of true offshore wind, like Friday the 28th, Saturday the 29th, and Sunday the 30th mornings, with that nice SW wind blowing clean, but the waves themselves are tiny – 1 ft to 2 ft – with that energy from the SSW. The period jumps up to a very long 19 seconds on the 28th, which is a proper groundswell, but it’s just not enough wave height to do anything with. That long period will make it straighten out on a beach setup like Faria.

There are a few mornings like Tuesday the 1st and 2nd where the wind is light cross-shore, and the wave height is still a knee-knocker 2 ft to 3 ft. That’s about as close as we get to anything rideable, and that’s being generous.

The water temperature is running about average for this time of year, so no surprises there in terms of rubber choice.

If the wind ever swings to a proper offshore, even with this tiny swell, you might pick off a little crumbler, but as a full-time option, it’s a no-go. With the persistent cross-onshore and fairly stiff afternoon breezes from the WNW and WSW kicking up chop on the 2nd and 5th, this setup actually looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. It’s flat, and it’s staying flat for days at a time.

There just isn’t a stand-out day. The best you can say is the weekend of the 30th and 31st might offer a very small, clean rideable wave in the early morning if you’re desperate, but don’t get your hopes up. The 3rd of September has the biggest, most consistent energy (560 on Thursday afternoon), but again, it’s onshore and messy.

It’s a blank run, plain and simple. The only thing that can save this is a change in the forecast, so keep an eye out, but for now, leave the boards in the car.

- Rusty

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