Navegantes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m gonna level with you, the next couple of weeks here at Navegantes are looking pretty slim. We’ve got a long 16-day window, but the first few days are a real write-off. Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th of July only have tiny 2ft waves with weak energy (around 86 to 153 on the energy scale) and the wind is all over the place – cross-on for the afternoons, so nothing worth paddling out for. You’re better off staying home.

The first real glimmer of hope shows up on Saturday the 11th. Saturday morning it’s glassy, dead calm, with a clean 3ft swell out of the ESE, period around 13 seconds – that’s some nice groundswell energy there (382). The combined energy is building nicely, and that’s the best we’ll see for a while. The break is an exposed beach and jetty, so that longer period will give it some shape, and with offshore NW winds in the morning, it should be clean. It’s small, but for the intermediate surfer, that’s a fun, uncrowded morning. The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year (anomaly of -2°), so grab a thicker suit.

Sunday the 12th gets messy. The swell bumps up to 5ft by the afternoon, period drops to a short 11 seconds, and the wind swings SE cross-on with a moderate breeze – that’s gonna be choppy and ugly. The energy jumps right up (887), but it’s not for paddling; that’s more of a kite-surfing setup with that messy cross-onshore blow.

After that, the whole week from Monday the 13th through to Wednesday the 22nd is just a grind. We’re looking at small, weak swell (2ft to 4ft), mostly short period (7 to 10 seconds), and mediocre energy (mostly under 300). The mornings are often clean with light offshore or glassy conditions, like Tuesday the 14th morning with a clean 3ft SE swell (116 energy), or Friday the 17th morning with a glassy 3ft E swell (222 energy), but the afternoons get blown out by a cross-on wind every single day. It’s surfable, but very ordinary – nothing to get excited about.

The only other spot that might be worth a look is Saturday morning, July 18th. You’ve got a clean 4ft E swell with cross-off NW wind, period at a short 8 seconds – so it’ll be a bit weak and fat, but energy is okay (294). The crowd profile says "sometimes," so you might have a few friends out, but it won’t be a circus. For a beach break, that 8-second period won’t offer much push, but it’s clean.

The final couple of days from July 22nd into the 24th just fizzle out into tiny 2ft to 3ft waves with very low energy (below 100). Thursday the 23rd morning has a clean 2ft ENE swell with offshore W wind (71 energy), but that’s barely a ripple.

Overall, if you’re itching to get wet, your best bet is Saturday morning July 11th. Small, glassy, clean, with a bit of ESE groundswell that’ll wrap into the jetty. After that, Sunday July 18th morning is the next best, but it’s a short-period weak wave. The rest of the window is a whole lot of nothing.

Rusty.

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