Praia de Faro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks in this neck of the woods. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty quiet stretch ahead. There are no standout swells, so we’re looking at a lot of small, ordinary days where you’ll be scratching for a ride. Most of the energy is weak, with the combined swell energy struggling to crack triple digits except for a couple of brief moments.

The only spot in the mix is Praia de Faro. It’s a beginner-friendly beach break that’s fairly consistent, exposed to the swell, and ideally wants the swell from the WSW. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, no weird anomalies to report, so it’s your usual warmish September.

Let’s start with Sunday the 6th of September. Morning shows a tiny 1 ft swell from the WSW, with a nice long 13-second period. That long period gives it a bit of groundswell grunt, but with only 1 ft on offer it’s barely a ripple. The wind is light and cross-off from the east at 6 mph, so it’ll be clean, but you’ll be fighting for scraps. Combined energy is a weak 47. The afternoon turns onshore with a WSW wind at 9 mph right on the nose, and the conditions fall apart. Not worth it.

Monday the 7th of September morning is the best of a quiet bunch. The swell nudges up to 2 ft from the WSW, period at a nice 14 seconds, and the combined energy hits 186, which is moderate. The east-southeast wind at 6 mph is light and cross-off, keeping the surface clean. This is the one window where you might get a proper little wave, but it’s still only small. The afternoon goes onshore from the SW, and it turns to junk.

Through Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th, the swell drops back to 2-2 ft, periods shorten, and the energy fades into the 80s and 90s. Mornings are clean with light cross-off breezes, but the afternoons get choppy with stronger cross-onshore winds. It’s all pretty forgettable.

From Thursday the 10th of September all the way through to Monday the 21st of September, it’s a long, flat slog. Swell heights barely top 0.6-1 ft, periods are short and weak, and the combined energy is almost always below 50, often down in the single digits. There are a few glassy mornings on the 10th, 15th, 19th, and 20th when the wind goes totally calm or light offshores, but there’s simply no swell to ride. The waves are just not there. Conditions stay clean on those mornings, but it’s a lake.

The standout here is really just Monday morning, September 7th. If you’re a beginner wanting to practice pop-ups on clean, tiny waves, that’s the pick. For anyone else, this is a solid “leave the board at home” kind of forecast. The first real day with anything rideable barely makes the cut, and after that, there’s over a week of nothing worth paddling out for.

So, to sum it up: we’ve got a two-week window with almost no swell. You might get a few knee-high runners on Monday the 7th if the stars align, but don’t hold your breath. The rest of the period is flat, clean, but flat.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the charts. It tends not to stay this poor forever.

Rusty.

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