Praia da Vila Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty, your local surf reporter, and here’s the go for Praia da Vila.

Alright, we’ve got a bit of a mixed bag coming up. The first few days are small and clean, with Tuesday afternoon the 4th offering 4ft of S swell at 12 seconds. That’s a nice little groundswell with light offshore wind – it’ll be clean and fun, even if it’s not big. The water’s sitting at 67°, which is about average for this time of year. Combined energy is moderate (349).

Wednesday the 5th is tiny, with 3ft dropping to 2ft, but the morning is glassy – surfable if you’re desperate, but nothing to write home about. Thursday the 6th sees a shift to a short-period ENE swell, around 3ft and 8 seconds – it’s clean with offshore winds, but the short period means weak, peaky waves.

Friday the 7th goes downhill with cross-onshore wind and a jump in combined energy (496) on the afternoon S swell of 5ft, but it’s choppy and ugly. Saturday the 8th brings a proper pulse of S groundswell – 7ft at 12 seconds – and cross-offshore NNE wind at 20 km/h. Combined energy reads 1275, so there’s some grunt, but with rain showers, it’s more for the experienced. Sunday through Tuesday (9th to 11th) stays lumpy with onshore wind and messy conditions, though the swell holds around 5-7ft from the south. Not worth paddling out.

Now here’s the highlight: Wednesday the 12th through Saturday the 15th. Wednesday morning the 12th is glassy with 5ft of S groundswell at 12 seconds – clean and lined up. Combined energy (546) is moderate. Thursday the 13th holds similar at 5ft with cross-offshore wind. But the real standout is Saturday the 15th: 6ft of S swell at 13 seconds, glassy in the morning, then offshore NE wind in the afternoon. Combined energy hits 1347 – this is excellent, powerful surf for experienced surfers. That south groundswell with that period will wrap nicely around the point at Praia da Vila, and with offshore or glassy conditions, it’ll be pure.

Sunday the 16th drops off to 4ft, and the wind cranks to 30 km/h offshore – too much wind, marginal. Monday the 17th gets big with a short-period ENE swell of 8-8ft, but cross-onshore wind ruins it. Then, on Tuesday the 18th, we get a weird one: 2ft from the SE at an incredibly long 18 seconds, glassy – expect small, clean, long-period lines that could be tricky at the beach but fun on the point. The afternoon shows 8ft from the ENE, clean, for experts only. Finally, Wednesday the 19th brings 7-7ft from the ENE, glassy in the morning, but turning cross-onshore later.

The surf is consistent here, so even the gaps are short. But these two windows – Saturday the 8th for size and Saturday the 15th for quality – are the ones to circle on the calendar.

Rusty.

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