Playa do Carreiro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, grab a coffee and listen up. This is the outlook for Playa do Carreiro. It’s a river mouth setup and the water’s sitting at 64°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year – you’ll feel that difference on your first duck dive.

We start on Sunday the 13th with something worth paddling out for. Clean, cross-off morning breeze and a solid NW groundswell 5ft at 12 seconds. Combined swell energy is 530 – that’s a proper moderate pulse with plenty of push. The direction is just off where it likes it (optimum is WNW), but the quality’s still good with a clean surface.

Monday the 14th is a tease. Sick glassy conditions in the morning with a lighter SE breeze, but the swell drops to 3ft. It’s a fun little window for a high-performance board before it goes cross-on in the arvo.

The next few days are messy. Tuesday the 15th kicks off with a tiny 2ft swell and stiff northerly wind. Wednesday and Thursday see the swell jump to 6ft-7ft, but the period drops to 7-10 seconds and the wind is howling 18-22 mph. That’s a washing machine, not surf. Combined energy climbs to 698-753 (moderate) but it’s blown out.

Friday the 18th afternoon gets interesting again – a big 8ft NW swell with a very long 16-second period rolls in. Combined energy hits 2494 (strong). Problem is the NNW wind is still 18 mph, making it a messy beast. Only for the experienced lads who can punch through.

The standout window is Saturday the 19th. Morning glass-off with light offshore NNE wind at 6 mph, a clean 7ft NW groundswell at 13 seconds. That’s 1395 combined energy – proper powerful stuff. This is only for experts because it’s over 8ft in the sets and that long period means it’ll hit hard. Expect the river mouth to line up nicely, but mind the crowds – it gets “sometimes” busy here.

Sunday the 20th is solid too, lighter 5ft but still clean and glassy in the arvo. Then Monday the 21st is a gem: 6ft NW groundswell at 13 seconds, dead calm wind, glassy as a mirror. Combined energy 1103 (strong). That’s your second standout for the confident intermediate crew.

After that, the second week tapers. Tuesday the 22nd has side-shore wind ripples, not ideal. Wednesday the 23rd is clean but below 3ft. Saturday the 26th arvo gets a sneaky glassy pulse – 3ft at a very long 16 seconds, smooth and clean with 560 energy. Then Sunday the 27th through Monday the 28th has 5-5ft NW swell with glassy windows, but there’s onshore crinkle in the mix.

Overall, the river mouth offers a few cracking sessions. Saturday the 19th and Monday the 21st are the shouts – one for the big-wave crew, one for everyone who can handle a solid groundswell. Don’t sleep on Sunday the 13th either.

Rusty.

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