Surf Forecasts:
Playa do Carreiro surf forecast from 15 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 15 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 19 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, NNW swell with 96 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 15 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Playa do Carreiro this week:
The surf forecast for Playa do Carreiro over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 15) at 8PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 5s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Playa do Carreiro in the next 16 days are 0.9m 7s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 19) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 6s period and expected on Saturday (Jul 18) at 8PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8PM (Wed 15th Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 8PM (Wed 15th Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sun 19th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Playa do Carreiro over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: it’s looking pretty bleak for Playa do Carreiro over the next couple of weeks. There’s a long stretch of flat, weak, and messy conditions before anything even remotely rideable shows up.
From Wednesday the 15th right through to Friday the 24th of July, we’re looking at pretty much nothing worth paddling out for. Swell heights are stuck below 2ft, periods are short and the combined swell energy barely gets out of the two-digit range—mostly between 14 and 79 (weak). Winds are all over the place, and the wave comment for every single session reads “poor surf conditions.” There are a few glassy moments (like Saturday morning the 18th or Sunday morning the 19th) but with waves that tiny, there’s just nothing to ride.
The first real hint of something better comes on Saturday morning the 25th of July. We finally get a bit of push: 1ft of swell from the WNW with a period of 12 seconds. The combined energy climbs to 93 (moderate). That longer period means more shape and energy per wave, but it’s still a small, weak pulse. Winds are light and cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean. The wave comment upgrades to “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” which is the best we’ll see. That Saturday afternoon gets a bump in size to 4ft from the NW, but period drops to 5 seconds—short, weak, and junky—so that window is narrow.
Sunday the 26th sees a bit more energy (127 combined energy) but the swell is only 2ft from the WNW with a moderate breeze from the NNW. It’s clean but small and weak. By Monday the 27th, winds pick up strong from the north and the swell stays tiny. Beyond that, it’s more of the same: small, clean, but barely breaking.
Honestly, the only standout here—if you can call it that—is Saturday morning the 25th of July. Playa do Carreiro is a river break, exposed to WNW swell, and it’s fairly consistent, but this run is a dud. When it’s this flat for this long, it’s one of those stretches where you just gotta wait for a better forecast.
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | |||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NW 8 | NNW 7 | NW 8 | NNW 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
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 kJ | 39 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 30 | 45 | 96 | 60 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 30 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 5:35PM3.34m | 6:05AM2.99m | 6:21PM3.35m | 6:50AM2.93m | 7:07PM3.27m | 7:35AM2.82m | 7:52PM3.10m | 8:20AM2.69m | 8:38PM2.87m | 9:06AM2.53m | 9:25PM2.62m | 9:56AM2.39m | 10:18PM2.38m | 10:53AM2.27m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:54PM-0.08m | 12:03PM0.09m | 00:40AM-0.05m | 12:48PM0.14m | 1:25AM0.06m | 1:32PM0.26m | 2:10AM0.23m | 2:18PM0.42m | 2:54AM0.44m | 3:06PM0.62m | 3:40AM0.65m | 3:59PM0.81m | 4:32AM0.85m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 |
 | — | 10:08 | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 10:05 | 10:04 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 20 |
Feels °C | 21 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 5 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NW 8 | NNW 7 | NW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 39 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 30 | 45 | 96 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 33 | 31 | 30 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 8 | WSW 5 | SW 13 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 6 | SW 5 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 |
| kJ | 15 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | W 10 | SW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | W 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | NW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | NW 10 | SW 18 | WNW 12 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 4 |
| kJ | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | WSW 5 | — | — | NNW 2 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 2 | — | SSW 3 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 19 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 25 | 156 | 11 | 1064 | 749 | 757 | 893 | 1477 | 182 | 780 | 1253 | 7 | 7 | 105 | 7 | 440 | 312 | 15 | 360 | 81 | 11 |
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