Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s coming our way for Sao Pedro.

To be straight with you, this is a tough stretch. Looking at the whole 16-day window, there’s barely a pulse. The first few days have a tiny bit of movement, but it’s really just a ripple, not a wave you’d want to paddle for. We’re looking at a long, quiet period starting here.

Starting from Monday the 31st of August, we’ve got a tiny 1ft swell from the West with a period of 11 seconds, and it just drops off from there. The combined swell energy is weak, only measuring 33. The water temp is sitting at 68°, which is pretty much average for the time of year, no big anomaly to speak of. The wind is a fresh 19 mph from the N, cross-off at Sao Pedro, so it’s clean, but the surf itself is just too small to get excited about. A beginner might find a knee-high lump, but honestly, it’s poor.

Through Tuesday and Wednesday, the swell drops further, to under 1ft. The wind stays clean, sometimes turning offshore, which is a positive, but with combined energy readings in the low 20s, there’s just no power. This continues right through the first week. We get a little light offshore breeze on the morning of Thursday the 3rd of September at 6 mph from the N, but again, we’re looking at tiny, weak waves under 1ft.

A real flat spell hits from the 5th of September through to mid-month. There are days with zero swell, zero energy. The wind stays mostly cross-off or offshore, but there’s nothing for it to blow on. The forecast is a dead calm for surf.

We do see a tiny flicker of life right at the very end of the forecast period, on Tuesday the 15th of September. The morning shows a 1ft swell from the West with a period of 8 seconds, and a light 6 mph offshore breeze from the NNE. The combined energy is still weak at 12. This is the only time in the whole outlook that the swell height matches the very start, but it’s still too small to call a surfable day.

The bottom line: there are no standout sessions here. It’s a rare stretch of nothingness. For an area that *rarely breaks* at the best of times, this is a pretty normal quiet run. Keep an eye on the forecasts, because it tends not to stay this dead forever.

Rusty.

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