Focene or Baraonda Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wettie, ‘cause I’m gonna level with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat for us around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak surf, so don’t get your hopes up for any heroic sessions.

We’re kicking off with a real lack of swell. For the first week, through the middle of August, we’re looking at tiny waves, mostly well under 2ft. There’s a bit of weak energy on Saturday the 8th, with a combined energy of just 36, but it’s coming from a short-period, 6-second swell, so it’ll be soft and messy. The wind is light and offshore in the morning though, so it’ll be clean, but there really isn’t enough oomph to push you around. Honestly, you might get a little knee-high slop to splash around on if you’re a beginner, but for anyone else it’s not worth the paddle. The water is a notable 84°, which is a huge 5° warmer than usual for this time of year, so it’ll feel like a warm bath.

From Sunday the 9th through to the 17th, we’ve got a proper dead spell. The energy drops right off, with combined energy values in single digits. There are days with absolute zero, and plenty of days with barely a ripple. You’ll see some clean, glassy mornings, and some nice cross-off winds, but it’s all on a flat ocean. It’s a long stretch of nothing, so maybe this is the week to get the boat out or work on your tan.

Now, looking further out, there’s a little glimmer on the horizon. Around Tuesday the 18th, the swell is forecast to bump up to around 3ft. It’s still not big, but it’s a bit more energy with a combined reading of 83. The wind will be cross-onshore and choppy though, so conditions won’t be clean. It’s the same story for the rest of that week – a few small pulses of WSW swell, but the wind is always messing it up. We might see a clean morning on Wednesday the 19th with a light cross-off breeze and a small, clean 2ft wave, but it’s still pretty marginal.

The standout, if you can call it that, is probably the Tuesday the 18th morning period. With that 3ft, 6-second WSW swell and 83 combined energy, it’s the most size and push we see in the whole window. It’s still a short-period swell, so it won’t have much shape to it, and the cross-onshore wind will make it choppy. It’s not a classic call, but it’s the best we’ve got. The second week is just more of the same weak, small surf, so if you’re desperate, you’ll be checking the forecast right up to the moment.

For Focene or Baraonda (Focene), it’s a fairly consistent spot, but it’s just not going to be doing anything for the next two weeks. The whole run looks like a bust for paddling. With the small swell and onshore winds, the setup is looking more interesting for the kite surfers than us. That's just how it is sometimes. Keep the faith, forecasts can change, so we might get a surprise.

Rusty.

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