Figuera Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Figuera over the next couple of weeks.

First up, we’ve got a bit of a slow start. The first decent session isn’t until Wednesday the 26th. The morning of that day is where it’s at. You’re lookin’ at a clean 7ft S swell, and the wind is glass. Absolutely glassy. That is a gift. The combined energy is solid at 2090 – that’s a good, powerful push. For an intermediate crew, that’s the pick of the bunch for the whole run. The water temp is about what you’d expect for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

The afternoon of the 26th steps it up a notch in size, with an 8ft S swell and a period pushing 15 seconds – that’s proper groundswell, long lines. The combined energy jumps up to 3062. The wind is cross-off, so it’ll still be clean, but that size and power starts to push into expert territory. If you’re feeling brave, go for it.

Then it gets messy from Thursday the 27th. That solid swell hangs around for the morning, 8ft S, but the wind picks up and we get rain. The energy is still hefty at 2218, but conditions are marginal. By the afternoon, it’s even windier and the quality drops right off. Friday the 28th sees the swell drop hard to 4ft, and while the wind is offshore, it’s blowin’ a gale at 30 km/h. Hard to paddle into, and the energy is only 501. That’s weak.

From Saturday the 29th right through to the end of the first week of September, it’s pretty grim. Lots of small, weak swell – energy down in the low hundreds or even single digits – with a mix of cross and offshore winds that are just too strong to make it fun. We’re talking seriously poor conditions for a solid week.

Things look like they might twitch back to life on Sunday the 6th of September. The morning shows a 4ft S swell with light cross-off wind and energy at 377. The forecast says “expect good surf conditions,” which is the first positive word in ages. It’s nothing huge, but after that dry spell, it’ll feel like a gift. Monday the 7th has a morning window too, with a 3ft S swell and fresh offshore wind, but the energy is still low at 324 and it’s hard work.

Bottom line: if you’re surfing Figuera, your window is Wednesday morning the 26th. That’s the standout. Everything else is either too wind-affected, too small, or too far away in the forecast to bank on.

Catch ya on the beach.
Rusty.

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