Morros dos Conventos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this 16-day window for Morros dos Conventos is a bit of a mixed bag. We’ve got a real solid run of clean, glassy surf coming up, but it doesn’t last forever. There’s a long stretch of flat, poor conditions after that, so you’ve gotta pick your window.

The pulse kicks off on Thursday the 9th of July, but it’s not the one. Morning has a small 2.3ft ESE swell with a light cross-offshore breeze, but the energy is weak (143) and the period is a middling 10 seconds. It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. The afternoon turns into a write-off with cross-on wind.

Now, Friday the 10th of July is where it starts to get interesting. The morning is a beauty – a glassy, dead calm session with a 3.0ft ESE swell, period jumping to a proper 12 seconds. The combined energy is climbing to a moderate 237, and it’s clean. This is a solid, fun wave. The afternoon gets ruined by a strong 12.4 mph south wind, so make it a dawn mission.

Saturday the 11th of July is the absolute standout. The morning is glassy again, with a 3.9ft swell from the ESE, a long 13-second period, and the energy is pumping at 582. This is a very good session. The afternoon is also glassy, with a 3.6ft swell and 591 energy. It’s calm, it’s clean, and it’s consistent. This is the best you’re going to get. Sunday the 12th of July follows with another glassy morning, 3.9ft from the SSE, 11-second period, and energy at 640. It’s still very good, but the period is a little shorter. The afternoon is wrecked by a 9.3 mph cross-on wind.

After that, the week goes downhill. Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th are poor, with messy cross and cross-on winds, and the swell is just ordinary. Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th of July offer a bit of a reprieve with clean morning sessions, 3.6ft from the ESE and E, with light cross-off breezes. The energy is moderate (239 and 262). It’s not the weekend, but it’s a paddle.

Then, from Friday the 17th of July onward, it’s a slow, painful fade. The 18th of July sees heavy rain and a 15.5 mph cross-on wind, dropping the swell to 2.3ft. By Sunday the 19th, the swell is 1.6ft with tiny energy (84). From Monday the 20th of July through to the end of the forecast on Thursday the 24th of July, you’re looking at a long stretch of flat, poor conditions with swell heights below 0.7ft. The energy is in the single digits. It’s a blank run. For a spot like this, that’s not unusual, but it’s a bummer after that killer weekend.

For the water temp, it’s about average for the time of year at this break. No big anomaly to report.

Morros dos Conventos is a river break, and it’s inconsistent. It doesn’t fire often, so when it does, you get on it. The standout is Saturday the 11th of July morning and afternoon – that’s your window. Glassy, classic groundswell, and a lot of energy. The weekend crowd is listed as “sometimes,” so you might have some company, but with that quality, it’s worth it.

Stay safe, rust on.

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