Playa de Tranqueru Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for Playa de Tranqueru over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, it’s a pretty quiet stretch. The waves are small, the energy is low, and there’s just not much to get excited about. For the first week and a half, it’s almost all “poor surf conditions” according to the data, with barely a whisper of proper swell. We’ve got a real dry spell on our hands.

To start, Friday 31 July offers a tiny 2ft NW swell with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 37. It’s glassy first thing in the morning, so it’ll be clean, but there’s just no power. The water temperature is sitting at 69°F, which is about normal for this time of year, with a slight positive anomaly of 1°F.

Saturday 1 August stays small, with a 3ft N swell on Saturday morning and a combined energy of 103, but the wind is a light cross-onshore, so it’ll be a bit bumpy. The rest of that weekend and into the next week, we’re looking at waves between 1ft and 2ft, mostly from the NW or WNW, with periods rarely getting above 9 seconds. The combined energy figures are all in the low double digits – 34, 38, 43, 20 – just weak, weak, weak.

There are a few glassy windows here and there, like Sunday 2 August morning, Monday 3 August morning, and Tuesday 4 August morning, where the wind is off or calm, and the surf might look good for a paddle, but you’ll be scratching for a wave.

The only flicker of something bigger comes around Tuesday 11 August. The afternoon shows a 2ft NNW swell with a period of 11 seconds, and the combined energy finally bumps up to 101 – that’s a moderate reading. The wind is a gentle cross-onshore, so it might be a bit choppy, but it’s the most juice we see in the whole run. Still, 2ft is 2ft.

After that, it’s back to the same small stuff through to Saturday 15 August, with the energy dropping to 14 and 11, and the swell bottoming out at 1ft. That’s about as flat as it gets.

So, what’s the best on offer? I’d have to say the Tuesday 11 August afternoon session, simply because it has the most energy and a slightly longer period. But it’s a real scraping-the-barrel moment. There’s nothing here that’s a standout. It’s just a quiet, slow period for Playa de Tranqueru. The good news is that it’s a fairly consistent break, so these blank runs don’t usually last forever. Forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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