Surf Forecasts:
Playa do Carreiro surf forecast from 23 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 27 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period, NNW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 25 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period, NW swell with 393 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 25 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with WNW 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 Saturday (Jul 25) at 11AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.2m and 8s. 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 2.1m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 25) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.4m 5s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 26) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11AM (Sat 25th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 11AM (Mon 27th Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Sat 25th Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Playa do Carreiro over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Howdy, Rusty here. Let’s be real – the next 16 days at Playa do Carreiro are looking pretty grim for any decent surf. This river mouth break needs a WNW swell and the right wind, and we’re just not getting the combo often enough.
Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th are a no-go. Tiny waves around 1ft with choppy, onshore wind. Don’t even bother checking the cams.
Saturday morning the 25th has a window: glassy conditions and 3ft waves from the WNW. It’s short-period (7 sec) and weak energy (92), so it’s slow, but for a morning cruise on a log, you could do worse. The afternoon gets blown out.
Sunday the 26th? Back down to 1ft and windy. Forget it.
Monday the 27th of July is your golden ticket. We’ve got a clean 4ft swell from the NNW with a 10-second period and moderate energy (297). The wind is light and cross-off, keeping the surface clean. The river mouth should handle that period well, offering some nice, lined-up waves. Both the morning and the afternoon sessions look solid.
From Tuesday the 28th all the way to Wednesday the 6th of August, it’s a whole lot of nothing. You’ll see days with waist-high swell, but the wind is always cross or cross-off, and the waves are just ordinary – never reaching that “good” threshold. A couple of afternoons on the 30th and 1st are marked as “surfable,” but it’s nothing to write home about.
So, pin your hopes on Monday the 27th. It’s the only day worth pointing the car towards the coast. For the rest of the two weeks, it’s a dry spell. But you know how it goes around here – forecasts can flip.
Stay wet,
Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | W 8 | WSW 5 | WNW 7 | NW 7 | NNW 6 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 6 | NW 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 85 | 155 | 181 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 272 | 261 | 229 | 188 | 150 | 112 | 164 | 116 | 153 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:01PM2.21m | 00:36AM2.11m | 1:12PM2.23m | 1:47AM2.14m | 2:14PM2.33m | 2:45AM2.23m | 3:05PM2.47m | 3:31AM2.36m | 3:48PM2.62m | 4:10AM2.49m | 4:25PM2.77m | 4:46AM2.59m | 5:00PM2.90m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:19PM1.03m | 6:45AM1.04m | 7:34PM1.00m | 7:52AM0.99m | 8:35PM0.89m | 8:46AM0.88m | 9:23PM0.75m | 9:31AM0.74m | 10:03PM0.61m | 10:09AM0.60m | 10:39PM0.47m | 10:44AM0.47m | 11:13PM0.37m | ||||||||
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 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — |
 | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 10:01 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 10:00 | — | — | 9:59 | — | — | 9:58 | — | — | 9:57 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 |
Feels °C | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 6 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NNW 7 | WSW 5 | WNW 7 | W 10 | S 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 9 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | NW 7 |
| kJ | 9 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 51 | 272 | 261 | 229 | 188 | 150 | 112 | 22 | 21 | 153 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 8 | — | — | N 13 | NW 13 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 11 | — | NW 10 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 16 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 12 | — | 4 | 19 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 8 | SW 13 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 11 | NNW 6 | W 11 | — | — | S 11 | — | S 15 | — | — | S 14 | W 12 | W 12 | — | WNW 9 | N 11 | N 10 |
| kJ | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 3 | — | — | SW 3 | — | — | NW 7 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NW 5 | NNW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 9 | NW 6 | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 155 | 181 | 55 | 106 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 164 | 116 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 122 | 298 | 44 | 159 | 1256 | 7 | 7 | 1151 | 105 | 44 | 323 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 79 | 7 | 158 | 284 | 11 |
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