Recreio Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's get into the outlook for this stretch of coast. The overall picture for the next 16 days has some real highs and a couple of low points. The first few days are a bit of a mixed bag, but there's a standout period that has me pretty bloody excited.

First off, the water temp is about what you'd expect for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

Alright, the week kicks off properly on Saturday morning, the 4th of July. The swell picks up to a solid 6ft, coming from the SSW, and the wind is glassy. The combined energy is a proper moderate 958. This is the first real standout, the conditions will be clean and the waves will have some push to them. Saturday afternoon, the swell drops a bit to 4ft, still from the SSW, but the wind swings onshore, so the session will get a bit bumpy.

Now, Sunday morning the 5th is a beast. The swell is 8ft from the SSW with a period of 12 seconds. That's a lot of energy, with a combined energy reading of 1437. The wind is offshore, so it will look tempting, but honestly, this is too big for this break. It's an expert-only affair and you'd have to be a top-hand surfer to handle it. The afternoon is much the same, 7ft, onshore wind.

Monday the 6th is where it gets good again. The swell drops back to a manageable 6ft from the S, and the morning has a light cross-offshore breeze. The combined energy is 1028, which is moderate, but the clean conditions make it a great session for experienced surfers.

Tuesday the 7th is smaller, 4ft from the SSE, but that morning is clean with a glassy feel. Good for a fun session. The rest of the week has a few smaller days with the odd window of clean surf, like Thursday morning the 9th with a glassy 5ft SSW swell.

The next true standout is that Sunday the 12th. The morning is completely glassy with a 5ft swell from the SE, combined energy of 573. Then the afternoon is a beaut: clean conditions with an offshore wind, swell at 4ft from the SE and a combined energy of 642. That Sunday is the pick of the second week.

After that, the swell gets a bit messy and drops off into the week. Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th are poor, with onshore winds and smaller swell. We hit a bit of a lull. Wednesday the 15th is very small, just 2ft, and not worth paddling out for.

But hold on, we finish strong. Thursday the 16th has a glassy 5ft from the S in the morning. Then Friday the 17th is an absolute cracker. The morning is clean with offshore wind, a 5ft swell from the SSW, combined energy of 733. The afternoon is also clean with a cross-offshore breeze, 5ft from the SSW and 669 energy. That Friday is going to be a fantastic way to end the forecast period. Saturday the 18th looks clean and solid too at 5ft.

So, the real standouts are Saturday morning the 4th for the first clean, solid swell, and then Sunday the 12th and Friday the 17th for the longer-range, cleaner conditions with a bit more power. The period from the 13th to the 15th is a bit of a write-off, so plan around that.

Rusty

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