Praia do Porto Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, checkin’ out the surf at Praia do Porto for the next couple of weeks. The best waves are gonna be the weekend just ahead and then early the following week.

Water temp is about 19°, which is pretty average for the time of year, nothin’ weird.

The main standout is Saturday morning, the 29th of August. We’ve got a 6ft swell from the ENE, with a 9-second period, and the wind is glassin’ it off from the SW. That’s offshore, clean, and the combined energy of all swells is 452, moderate. It’s not massive, but it’s gonna be clean and fun. Saturday afternoon stays clean too, with a 6ft ENE swell, and the wind goes to a light cross-off from the SSE.

Sunday, the 30th, is also a good call. Morning has a light rain, wind from the SW at 6 mph, and a clean 5ft swell from the ENE. The energy is 403, still moderate. The afternoon gets glassy with a light SSW wind, 5ft ENE swell, and the energy drops to 367. Still good.

Monday, the 31st of August, keeps the run goin’. Morning is clean, cross-off wind from the south, 5ft ENE swell, and the energy is 481. The afternoon gets a bit better with a 6ft ENE swell, a gentle offshore from the SSW, and the energy building to 594. That’s a solid day.

Now, the week before that? Tuesday through Thursday, the 25th to the 27th, is pretty poor. Tuesday morning has a 6ft S swell with 12 seconds, and the wind is glassy from the NNW, so the energy is a strong 1102. But the rest of the week is all onshore, choppy, and messy. The swell direction is coming from the SSE and NE, and the wind just ruins it. Wednesday morning has a 8ft SSE swell with 14 seconds, energy at 2166, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. Not for the faint of heart.

Friday, the 28th, is similar. Morning has a 6ft NE swell with a short 8-second period, energy at 511, but the wind is cross-onshore from the NNE. The afternoon is onshore, 7ft NE swell, 8 seconds, energy 611. Not great.

Then we get a bit of a gap. Tuesday, the 1st of September, has a 7ft SSE swell with an 8-second period, and the wind is a cross-off from the south, so it’s clean but the swell is short-period and a bit lumpy. The energy is 638, moderate. Wednesday, the 2nd of September, is a morning with a 7ft SE swell, 9 seconds, but the wind is onshore from the NE. The afternoon is onshore too.

Thursday, the 3rd of September, the afternoon cleans up. A 4ft ESE swell with 10 seconds, cross-off wind from the south, and the energy is 387. It’s small but clean. Friday, the 4th, the morning is glassy with a 3ft ESE swell, 10 seconds, energy 246. That’s surfable but ordinary.

The second week, the 5th to the 9th of September, is mostly onshore and messy. Saturday the 5th is poor, Sunday the 6th has a 7ft NE swell, 8 seconds, but the wind is onshore. The energy is 687, moderate, but the wind is a killer. Monday the 7th of September has a promising morning: a 6ft ENE swell, 9 seconds, and a cross-off wind from the SSW, energy 620. That’s a clean, fun session, but the afternoon gets a bit cross-shore.

Tuesday the 8th is a morning with a 6ft NE swell, 9 seconds, energy 1014, but the wind is onshore. The afternoon is poor. Wednesday the 9th is all onshore, small, and not worth it.

So, the pick of the window is Saturday morning, the 29th of August, with the 6ft ENE swell, glassy offshore wind, and clean waves. The weekend is your best bet. After that, Monday the 7th of September is a decent second option.

Keep in mind, the longer-range stuff on the 7th is a bit less certain, but it’s lookin’ good.

Rusty, out.

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