Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this outlook for Sao Pedro is a tough one. We're looking at a long, long stretch of flat to tiny surf with barely a pulse. The whole sixteen-day window is pretty much a write-off for anything you'd actually want to paddle out for.

Kicking off from Saturday the 29th of August, we've got a full week of next to nothing. Swell is between 0.3ft and 0.7ft for days on end, with the combined energy barely scratching double digits at best – we're talking 2 to 46 (weak energy). Winds are cross-off or cross, and while that would be nice if there were waves, there just aren't any. The best you'll see is a 0.7ft SSW swell on the 3rd of September with a light offshore wind, but even then it's labelled as poor surf. A glimmer of glass on the morning of Friday the 4th, but again, with only 0.3ft of swell, it's a non-event.

After that, from the 5th of September through the 11th, it's virtually dead flat for days. A few tiny pulses show up mid-week, but with periods as low as 2 to 8 seconds and combined energy between 1 and 11, there’s nothing to ride.

Now, if you’re looking for a reason to hold onto hope, it comes right at the very end. On Saturday the 13th of September, a longer-period W swell shows up at 2ft with a period of 15 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 115 – moderate energy – which is the most we see in the whole forecast. The wind is cross-off from the N at 16 mph. For a point break like Sao Pedro, that longer period groundswell can wrap in and offer a few clean lines, but at 2ft it’s still small. This is the only highlight, if you can even call it that. But it's a week and a half away, so treat it as a very promising but uncertain possibility.

Honestly, the 0.7ft days with SSW and SW swells just aren't going to cut it. This is a place that rarely breaks anyway, and this run of conditions will test anyone's patience. For a sheltered point, we need a lot more juice than this. The whole setup looks more interesting for a day on the sand than on a surfboard.

Keep an eye on that 13th of September forecast, but otherwise, this is a blank run that feels pretty normal for this area.

Rusty.

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