Figueiros Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a honest look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks. Straight up, it’s a tough stretch for a while. We’ve got a long, frustrating gap to get through before anything worth paddling out for shows up.

The first real chance to wet a line is Monday morning, the 17th of August, at Figueiros. Even then, it’s a struggle. You’re looking at a 4ft swell from the NW with a short 8-second period. The combined energy is weak, sitting at just 163. The water is a very chilly 66°, which is a whopping 4° colder than normal for this time of year; that's unusually cold, so a good 5/4 is non-negotiable. The wind is a gentle offshore from the SE, so the surface will be clean, but the waves themselves are just ordinary. It’s not great.

From there, it’s a bleak run. For the rest of August 17th, all through the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th, it’s pretty much a write-off. We’re talking poor surf conditions day after day, with onshore winds, crunchy chop, and nothing doing. Even the bigger pulse around the 21st with 6ft swell and moderate energy (443) is ruined by howling onshore winds. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Tuesday the 18th where the wind goes glassy on a tiny 3ft, short-period NW swell. It’ll be pretty as a picture, but there’s just no push whatsoever.

Right, so here’s the standout, and it’s a long way off. Mark your calendars for the morning of Saturday, the 29th of August. This is the only swell that gets me talking. Figueiros is expecting a solid 7ft swell from the NW, with a proper 10-second period. The combined energy jumps to a solid 807, so there’s some real grunt behind it. But the best part? The wind is forecast to be glassy. Zero wind. It’s going to be clean, lined-up, and with that size, it’s pushing into "experts only" territory over 8ft and we are not there yet, but 7ft is still a good step up for stronger surfers. For a break that’s exposed to the NW, this looks like the one good session in the whole window. It’s a long-range call, so don’t bet the house on it, but it’s the only one worth dreaming about.

The morning of Sunday, the 30th of August, still has size—7ft from the NNW with an 11-second period and very strong energy (1524)—but that clean window is gone. A moderate cross-onshore from the north is going to chop it up, so it won’t be the same story.

After that, the forecast goes messy again through the end of August and into September 1st with strong onshore winds and poor conditions. It’s a long wait for that single Saturday morning window.

Keep an eye on the sky, because that Saturday the 29th is the one.

Rusty.

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