Playa do Carreiro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for our stretch of coast.

First up, the water temperature is sitting at 69°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – not a game-changer, but nice enough to keep the rubber thin.

Right now, things are pretty flat and underwhelming. We’ve got a bit of a slow start. The first real chance to get wet kicks off on Thursday, July 30th with a small, glassy morning. Playa do Carreiro will have tiny 2ft waves from the WNW, but with the wind dead calm, it’ll be glassy as a mirror. The energy is weak (77), so you’re looking at a longboard or a SUP session just to get a few little knee-to-waist high sliders. It’s not going to fire, but it’s clean.

We then hit a few days of poor surf and onshore or cross-shore winds. Not worth your time until Saturday, August 1st morning. Again, glassy conditions with light westerly wind, swell bumps up to 2ft from the west, and the energy ticks up a bit (124). Still very ordinary, but you won’t need to fight the wind. After that, expect a string of moderate to poor days with cross-on and onshore winds right through until the end of the first week of August.

The real standout in this whole 16-day window looks like Friday, August 7th. The morning session is the pick. We’ll see 5ft of swell from the west, with a period of 8 seconds, and the wind will be light from the NNW – that’s cross-offshore, keeping the face clean. The combined energy hits 260 (moderate energy), so there’s a bit of push. This is about as good as it gets in this run. Still not huge, but for this spot, it’s a proper fun-sized day. The afternoon on the same day gets a bit cross-shore and a little bumpy, so get on it early.

After that, the swell drops back. Sunday, August 9th morning has a glassy 3ft from the NW, but the energy is only moderate (121). It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. The rest of the second week is mostly small, weak, and often windy, with a few clean pockets but nothing that pushes over 3ft. The standout from the back half of the window is Monday, August 11th morning – a clean 3ft from the west with a light cross-off breeze, but the energy is dropping (116). It’s a morning coffee wave, not a mission.

Overall, if you’ve got flexibility, target the morning of Friday, August 7th for the best mix of size and clean conditions. Everything else is small and mostly forgettable, but there are a few glassy windows for the longboard crew.

Rusty

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