Pereque Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s your local surf reporter, Rusty, with the full 16-day outlook for Pereque. Let’s be straight up: the first week is a slow grind, but there’s a couple of real gems hiding in the back half of the forecast if you’ve got the patience.

The forecast kicks off on Tuesday, 4th of August, but it’s a tough start. The water is sitting at 69.6°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so a bit of a treat if you’re in a wetsuit. Tuesday morning has tiny 1ft swell from the S with a nice long period of 13 seconds, but it’s only pushing 64 units of combined energy (weak). Glassy wind though, so it’s clean. The score is a zero on the wave quality though—just not enough oomph. Tuesday afternoon is almost identical, 1.3ft from the SSE, still glassy, but still very ordinary.

Wednesday the 5th sees a little bump: 2ft from the S on the morning, period 11 seconds, and the combined energy finally climbs into the triple digits at 121 (moderate). Glassy early with a NNW 5 km/h wind. It’s surfable, but it’s not going to get your heart racing. Wednesday afternoon goes cross, so the quality drops.

We drift through Thursday and Friday with tiny waves—1.3ft to 1ft—and combined energy values in the 40s and 70s. The wind is clean or glassy on some sessions, but the swell is just too small to do anything meaningful. Saturday morning the 8th is glassy with a 1.3ft, 15-second period SSE swell, but the energy is only 117 (moderate). The wave comment says “surfable but very ordinary.”

Then Saturday afternoon shows a bit of life: 3ft from the S, period 12 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 395 (moderate). The wind is a light cross-onshore, so it’s a bit bumpy, but the size is starting to wake up. Still, the score is only a 2 out of 10 for marginal conditions.

Now, Sunday morning the 9th is where it starts to get interesting. We’ve got 3.3ft from the S, period 13 seconds, and 328 units of energy (moderate). The wind is glassy from the NW at 5 km/h. This is the first real window of clean, surfable waves. The comment says “expect good surf conditions.” It’s not a standout, but it’s the first sign of life.

Monday the 10th builds on that. Morning has 3.6ft from the SSE, short period of 8 seconds, but the energy is 321 (moderate) and the wind is a clean cross-off from the SW. Afternoon gets bigger at 4.3ft from the SSE, period 12 seconds, energy 478 (moderate), and still clean cross-off wind. Good surf conditions both sessions.

Now for the standout of the entire forecast. Tuesday morning, 11th of August. This is the one. We’ve got 5.9ft from the S, period 11 seconds, and the combined energy hits a massive 1212 (strong to very strong wave energy). The wind is a light cross-off from the SW at 5 km/h, making for clean conditions. The wave comment says “expect very good surf conditions.” This is the biggest swell of the window. At 5.9ft, it’s getting into intermediate territory—could be a bit much for beginners, but it’s a proper session for the rest of us. The swell direction from the S is close to the optimum SE direction for Pereque, so the reef should line up well. The only caveat is that the period is 11 seconds, which is a solid groundswell, but not the ultra-long period that can make beach breaks wonky. This is your best bet. Get on it.

Tuesday afternoon drops off to 3.9ft from the SSE, with a short 7-second period and a moderate breeze from the WSW. The quality drops to marginal.

Wednesday the 12th is a washout. Onshore wind from the ESE at 15-20 km/h, 3.9ft to 4.3ft of swell, but the wind is straight onshore. The wave comment says “poor surf conditions.” Leave it.

We ease back down through the rest of the week. Thursday the 13th has 2.3ft from the SSE, glassy morning, but

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