Navegantes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's take a good, hard look at what's on the table for Navegantes. The next two and a half weeks are pretty quiet, honestly. We've got a long stretch of days where the waves are just too small and the conditions are too mixed-up to get properly excited. Most mornings look like they’ll offer something ridable, but nothing that’ll have you sprinting for your board. It’s a bit of a flat spell, so if you’re itching for a paddle, just keep an eye on the forecasts – it tends not to stay this way forever.

Looking at the early part of the run, starting Sunday the 26th of July, it’s not great. The afternoon sees a small 3 ft swell from the ESE with a short period of 8 seconds and weak combined energy (113). The wind is a cross-on from the NNE at 9 mph, leaving it choppy. Monday the 27th is similar, with tiny 2 ft waves in the morning. While the wind goes glassy from the NW at 3 mph, the swell is just too weak. This pattern of small, weak, and often messy surf continues right through until the end of July and into the first few days of August. Some mornings offer glimmers of hope with glassy conditions, like Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st, but the swell is barely a ripple at 2 ft to 3 ft. The main takeaway for this first week is that there’s just no real energy to work with.

Now, things get a bit more interesting as we move into the second week. Monday the 3rd of August is worth a mention. We’ve got a glassy morning with the wind completely dead calm from the WNW. The wave height bumps up to 4 ft from the east, with a period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is a more noticeable 199. It's clean, but still pretty ordinary. The standouts in this whole outlook are the mornings of Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th of August. This is about as good as it gets.

On Wednesday the 5th of August, we wake up to a clean morning. The wind is a light cross-off from the NW at just 3 mph. The swell is a solid 4 ft from the ESE with a period of 10 seconds. The combined energy is strong at 317, which means there’s some proper push in the water. This is a real surfable morning. The waves will have some shape and power without being too heavy for an intermediate. The swell direction (ESE) is right in the wheelhouse for Navegantes.

Thursday the 6th of August is the other top pick. Again, it's a morning session. The wind is offshore from the west at 3 mph, giving us clean, groomed faces. The swell is 3 ft from the ESE with a 9-second period, and the energy is a solid 240. It's a little smaller than Wednesday but still very clean and surfable. For the Navegantes beach/jetty setup, you want that offshore wind, and you’ve got it here.

For both of these mornings, the water temperature is about 65°F, which is pretty much what you'd expect for the time of year, nothing unusual there. The water is a bit cool, but a good session will warm you up.

After that, the energy drops back off. The 7th of August is glassy again, but the swell is tiny. The 8th through the 10th is more of the same: small swells blown around by onshore winds in the afternoons. The morning of Monday the 10th of August is particularly flat and messy with a cross-shore wind. The 16-day window kind of fizzles out.

So, to sum it up: you’re waiting for the mornings of the 5th and 6th of August. They’re the only real standouts in a long, flat spell. Get out there early, because the afternoon on both days gets wrecked by a cross-on wind. Other than that, it’s one for the logbook and a patient mindset.

Rusty.

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