Pedra do Sal Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get straight into it for Pedra do Sal. The outlook over the next 16 days is pretty grim, to be honest. We've got a really long stretch of poor conditions ahead, so don't get your hopes up.

Looking at the charts, the first few days are the best of a bad bunch, but that’s not saying much. Starting Sunday the 12th, we’ve got small 3ft swell from the NW with a short period of 8 seconds. The morning session has a light cross-off breeze, keeping things clean, but it’s weak energy (119). The afternoon gets messy with a risk of thunderstorms and stronger cross-off wind.

Monday the 13th sees similar small 3ft swell, but the morning has clean, offshore wind. Then Monday afternoon things go glassy with the NNW wind dropping to zero. The wave energy is only moderate (114). It’s surfable but super ordinary. You might get some fun little ankle-biters on the inside, but there’s no power.

Tuesday the 14th morning is the only true standout in this whole sorry forecast. It’s glassy with a clean 3ft NNE groundswell with a slightly longer period of 9 seconds. The energy is moderate (133). This is your best window. Get out there early for some clean, weak little peelers before it goes flat again.

After Tuesday, it's basically a write-off. From Wednesday the 15th all the way through to Saturday the 26th of July, it’s a brutal run of poor conditions. The swell stays mostly under 3ft, often tiny, and the wind is a relentless cross-onshore or onshore mess from the North and Northeast. The water temp is sitting at 64°, which is about normal for this time of year.

There's a small bump in swell on Monday the 20th of July, with 5ft from the N, but the wind is onshore and it’s marked as poor conditions. The energy picks up a bit, but the quality is trash.

Later in the run, around Thursday the 23rd of July, the swell jumps up to 7ft from the NW with strong energy (530), but again the wind is from the N and cross-onshore. At that size, with that wind, this is really only for experienced surfers who don't mind a messy, blown-out wave. The period is short (8 seconds), so don't expect any real power.

Honestly, for the next two weeks, Pedra do Sal is looking far more interesting for the kite foils than for a paddle surfer. The consistent cross-onshore winds and building, albeit messy, swell will give them something to work with. For us, it’s a hard pass except for that one glassy morning on Tuesday the 14th. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a bleak picture.

Rusty.

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