Playa do Carreiro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for us.

To be straight with you, it’s a pretty quiet stretch ahead. We're looking at a long gap of small, generally ordinary surf, and we won't see any proper size until well into the second week. The one spot on the radar is Playa do Carreiro (Playado-Carreiro).

The best of what's on offer comes early, on Thursday 30th July. The morning session is the pick, with a tiny 2ft swell from the WNW, but the wind is glassy. Absolute perfection on the surface, it’ll be clean as a whistle despite the weak combined energy (75). That’s the window to get wet, because the afternoon sees a cross breeze mess things up. Saturday morning, the 1st of August, offers another brief moment of hope with the same glassy conditions and a 2ft swell from the West showing a bit more kick (136 energy), but it's still small and nothing to get too excited about.

Then we hit a proper dry spell. From lunchtime Saturday right through until the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August, it’s just poor surf with onshore winds and choppy conditions. You’d be wasting your time.

We get a tiny reprieve on the morning of Wednesday the 5th with another glassy 2ft West swell (78 energy), but the swell period is a short 7 seconds, so the waves won’t have much push or shape. After that, it’s back to poor conditions for another week, with winds turning onshore and making a mess of things.

The size finally shows up late in the game. From Friday the 7th of August, the swell starts to build. By Saturday morning, the 8th of August, we’re looking at a solid 6ft West swell with strong energy (585). That’s a proper amount of water moving, but the wind is a moderate cross-onshore at 16 mph, so it’s going to be choppy and messy. This setup is looking far more interesting for kite surfing than for a clean paddle. The period is a short 10 seconds, further dampening the quality. The 5ft swell that follows on Saturday afternoon is in the same boat – powerful (373), but beaten up by the cross-onshore breeze.

There is one more flicker of hope on the horizon. On Friday 14th August, we get a morning session with a clean 2ft West swell (67 energy). The wind is light cross-offshore, which will keep the surface clean, but the swell itself is pretty average. It’s the kind of day you might get a few grovelly ones if you’re desperate.

Overall, grab that Thursday or Saturday morning glass if you can. The bigger stuff later on has power but is blown out. There’s no standout, world-class day in this run.

Stay patient.

Rusty

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