Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight – this outlook for the next 16 days is a tough one. We’ve got one spot on the radar: Sao Pedro. It’s a sheltered point that rarely breaks anyway, and the charts are backing that up. There’s just no surf worth paddling out for.

Starting Saturday July 4th, we see a tiny 0.7 ft swell from the south with a weak 4-second period – that’s barely a ripple. Combined energy is only 3, so we’re talking flat. The water is sitting at 68°, right about average for this time of year. Cross-shore wind from the WNW at 9 mph doesn’t help. Everything after that is marked “poor surf conditions” with zeros across the board. Sunday morning the 5th goes glassy but still no wave height recorded – total flat. That sets the tone.

Through the rest of the first week and into the second, we get the odd 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft bump from the south or southwest, but the energy stays in the single digits or low teens – nothing that would break with any shape on this point, especially given the “rarely breaks” nature. Winds are mostly cross-off from the north-northwest, which is clean but you need swell to work with. Even the longer-period pulses (13-19 seconds) on the 6th, 9th, 12th and 13th only push tiny wave heights. That kind of period on a point like Sao Pedro would usually mean better shaped waves, but there’s simply not enough height – it’s all below 1 ft.

From the 11th onward we hit a stretch of almost zero swell for several days, with only the occasional 0.3 ft. By the 14th and 15th it’s still flat. The 18th and 19th bring offshore winds but no waves. So we’re looking at a full 16-day run with no surfable options. For an area like this, that blank run is more normal – it’s a sheltered spot that needs a proper SW swell to light up, and that just isn’t coming through. Keep an eye on the forecasts, because when it does get a pulse, the point can be fun on a longboard. But right now, leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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