Faria Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Well, it’s a bit of a dry spell we’re looking at for the next couple of weeks. The forecast is showing a long stretch of small, weak surf with tricky wind, so don’t get your hopes up too high. There’s a brief window of something slightly better, but we’re talking about paddling out for scraps, not glory.

The first real chance of a wave comes in on the morning of Saturday the 6th. We’re looking at Faria (a beach and reef setup) with a 3ft south-southwest swell, period of 14 seconds. The wind is light and cross-onshore, so it’ll be a bit bumpy, but the combined energy is moderate at 426. It’s still a marginal call, but probably the best of a bad bunch. By Sunday the 7th, the swell lifts a tiny bit to 4ft from the south, with the wind turning light and onshore, which is a bit better for clean faces, but the energy is still not pumping (472). It’s really only for the patient ones.

After that, it’s a long, painful grind. From Monday the 8th right through to the morning of Friday the 18th, every single session is rated as poor. The swell drops to between 0.7ft and 2ft for most of that time, with the combined energy falling into the weak double digits – we’re talking 62, 68, 89. Winds are mostly cross-onshore or onshore, with moderate breezes making it choppy. There’s a day on the 11th with a 5ft west swell, but it’s a short period windswell of only 6 seconds and a 12 mph cross-onshore wind, so it’ll be a total mess – more of a kite-surfing day than a paddle one.

The only other flicker of hope is on the morning of Saturday the 19th, a week and a half away. A 2ft west swell, period 10 seconds, with light onshore wind. The energy is 200, so still weak, but it’s the best thing in the second week. It’s promising but not something to bank on.

Water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

So, the honest truth is there’s only one real standout: the early morning of Sunday the 7th, with that 4ft south swell and light onshore winds. It’s the cleanest, most rideable option in the whole outlook. For everything else, save your energy or find something else to do.

Rusty.

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