Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here.

Let’s be straight about Sao Pedro. This is a sheltered little point setup that rarely breaks, and over this whole 16-day window, it’s just not offering anything to get excited about. We’re looking at a long stretch here with basically no surf.

The first few days, from Monday the 10th right through, it’s mostly flat or just tiny scraps. The combined swell energy is bottom of the barrel, sitting at just 12 on Monday afternoon, and mostly zeros after that. We’re talking ankle-biters at 0.3ft to 0.7ft with some long-period groundswell lines (11 to 18 seconds), but without any size they just won’t wrap in properly. The winds are mostly a moderate to fresh cross-offshore from the NNW, so conditions are clean, but there’s nothing to ride.

That dry spell of near-nothing stretches right into the second week. By the morning of Monday the 17th, energy ticks up to a weak 20, with a 0.3ft, 18-second swell from the SW. Still not enough. The best “surf” we see comes around Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th of August, with the swell bumping to 0.7ft. The water temp is sitting around 69°, which is about normal for the time of year here. You get a light offshore wind from the N on the morning of the 19th, and a light cross-off from the NNW on the 20th. The combined energy never breaks out of the weak category, maxing out at 29 on the 22nd afternoon. Even with those clean conditions and the rare offshore, 0.7ft of weak, high-period swell on a sheltered point just isn't ridable surf.

Honestly, it’s a blank run. At a break that’s rarely breaking to begin with, this kind of dull stretch isn’t unusual. Keep an eye on the charts because things can change, but for this 16-day run, give it a miss.

Rusty.

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