Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next 16 days for Sao Pedro are a bit of a bummer. There’s just not much to work with. The entire forecast window is basically a long flat spell with a few tiny bumps that won’t get you excited. For a spot that’s sheltered and rarely breaks anyway, this is a tough run.

We’re looking at Tuesday, September 1st, and the pattern is set early. The water temp is sitting at 68°, which is pretty average for the time of year, so no surprises there. The swell is a tiny 0.7ft from the SSW, with a super long period of 15 seconds. That’s a groundswell, but it’s so weak the combined energy is only 23. It’s just not enough to push through. The wind is a cross-off from the NNW at 16 mph, which keeps the surface clean, but the waves are a no-go. That’s the story for the whole first week—tiny, weak swells that never break properly.

Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th roll in with even smaller stuff, 0.7ft and 0.3ft. The energy drops into single digits. By Saturday the 5th it’s glassy, which is a tease, but the swell is only 0.3ft. You can’t surf glass. The wind goes offshore a few times, like Wednesday the 2nd morning with a light N breeze at 12 mph, but the swell just isn’t there.

From the morning of Monday the 7th all the way through to Sunday the 13th of September, it’s a dead zone. Days of zeros. No swell at all. That’s a full week of flatness. The ocean’s just sleeping.

Then, around Monday the 14th, we see a tiny pulse. The morning has a 1ft from the SSE with a period of only 4 seconds. That’s windswell, short and weak. The combined energy is just 5. It’s not surfable. Tuesday the 15th morning looks a bit better with 2ft from the S, still a short period of 4 seconds, but the energy climbs to 19. The wind is offshore from the N at 9 mph, so it’s clean. But honestly, 2ft with a 4-second period won’t give you anything worth paddling for. That afternoon shows a 1ft from the W with an 11-second period, and the energy jumps to 61, which is the highest we see in the whole window. But it’s still tiny.

There is no standout session here. Nothing comes close to being good. The best of a bad bunch is probably the morning of Tuesday the 15th, but even that’s a stretch. If you’re a beginner, the swell never gets above 2ft, so it’s never too big, but it’s also never big enough. The period is mostly short, under 8 seconds, so the waves are weak and crumbly.

For a spot that rarely breaks, this blank run is pretty normal. It’s just not the time. Keep your board in the car and watch the glassy mornings, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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