Pontal do Peba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's break down the forecast for the next couple of weeks. I'm looking at the data for Pontal do Peba, and I gotta be straight with you—it's a tough stretch. The water temp is sitting at 80°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won't need a thick wetsuit.

Right now, through the first chunk of the window, we've got a persistent run of poor surf conditions. The wind is mostly cross-onshore, chopping things up, and the swell is short-period, around 8 seconds, with wave energy that's pretty weak to moderate—we're seeing values like 433 (moderate energy) at the start, but it drops off.

Wednesday afternoon the 19th kicks things off with a 5ft swell from the southeast, but with that SSE wind blowing 9 mph and onshore, it's just not clean. Thursday morning the 20th is more of the same: 5ft from the SE, but now the wind is from the ESE at 12 mph, cross-onshore, making it choppy. The energy bumps up to 584 (moderate), but the conditions are still poor.

We roll through the rest of the week and into the next with hardly a break. Friday the 21st, Saturday the 22nd, Sunday the 23rd—all poor, with swell sizes hanging between 3ft and 4ft, mostly from the ESE, and the wind stays cross-onshore or cross. The wave energy is low, dropping to 115 (weak) on Saturday morning.

Then on Monday the 24th, we get some rain showers and a 5ft swell from the ESE in the afternoon, but the onshore wind at 12 mph still ruins it. Energy climbs a bit to 236 (weak), but it's not enough.

There's a glimmer of something different around Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th. The swell direction swings to the south, and the period jumps to 14-16 seconds—that's proper groundswell. The energy is strong, with values of 636 on Wednesday morning and 658 in the afternoon. But here's the kicker: the wind is still cross-onshore from the east at 12 mph, so the surface is choppy. The swell is small, 2ft to 3ft, so even with that long period, it's not going to make for good waves. This long-period swell is better suited to a point or reef break, but Pontal do Peba is exposed and the wind is killing it.

The rest of the month into early September is more of the same: cross-onshore winds, lumpy conditions, and short-period swell. The wind picks up to 19-22 mph from the ENE and NE, making it fresh and lumpy. The swell energy stays moderate, like 432 on the 31st, but the quality is just not there.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, there's not a single standout session. The surf quality is consistently poor, with the wind and swell direction never lining up for clean conditions. If you're desperate, the long-period swell on the 26th and 27th has energy, but it's small and messy. For a beginner, this is a miss. For anyone else, it's a wait-and-see.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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