Praia do Magoito Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – it’s a flat spell for Praia do Magoito for the whole 16-day window. This little reef break, a beginner-friendly spot, is showing us next to nothing for waves.

The water sits at 71°F, which is about average for this time of year – nothing strange there. But that’s where the good news ends.

First off, there’s a tiny pulse on Tuesday 11th: 3ft from the NNW at a short 5 seconds. Combined swell energy is barely a whisper at 84. The wind is a cross-on 16 mph from the NNW, so it’s choppy and messy. Not worth a paddle.

Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th bring slightly better energy readings – 148 and 217, but the swell stays tiny: 3-3ft from the WNW. The period improves to 10 seconds, showing a bit more shape potential. But the wind remains stubbornly cross-on, 12-16 mph, making the surface lumpy. It’s all “poor surf conditions.”

The rest of the first week just fades. Friday 14th kicks up a 19 mph cross-on with a 3ft swell, but the energy drops to 133. By the afternoon, it’s down to 0.3ft with a 12-second period from the south. That’s a ghost.

From Friday 14th afternoon all the way through to Monday 25th morning, it’s a brutal gap. Days and days of 0.3-0.7ft swell, weak combined energy readings in the tens – sometimes down to 3 or 6. The wind is often a strong 22-28 mph, cross-on, creating messy, lumpy, or even chaotic conditions. The only sliver of hope is Wednesday 19th morning: the wind turns cross-off (offshore) from the NE at 9 mph, giving clean conditions. But with a 0.7ft, 14-second SSW swell and energy of only 22, it’s flat as a tack.

Finally, Monday 25th morning offers a slight lift: 2ft from the NW, period 9 seconds, energy of 85. Wind is a moderate 16 mph cross-on again. Still poor. The trend continues through Wednesday 26th with 2ft from the WNW, but the wind flips onshore at 6 mph on the morning, then back to a fresh cross-on in the afternoon.

Honestly, there’s no standout day. No one to call the “best.” This break rarely has consistent surf, and this forecast leans hard into a blank run. It’s normal for the area, but frustrating. If you really want wet, Wednesday 26th morning has the lightest wind and some knee-high lumps, but the swell direction is onshore (WNW) and the energy is low.

With the wind so strong and the swell so weak, and this being a reef, it’s more of a drifter’s paddle than a surfer’s session. Keep an eye on the sky – forecasts change.

Rusty.

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