Sao Pedro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you on this one. Lookin’ at the whole 16-day window for Sao Pedro, the honest truth is there’s nothin’ to get excited about. It’s gonna be a long, flat spell with barely a ripple. The first few days have a tiny bit of swell, but it’s so weak it’s hardly worth callin’ surf. We’re talkin’ a long stretch of quiet water from the start all the way through until about the middle of the month, with only a few days right at the end offerin’ the faintest pulse.

Let’s start from Thursday, September 3rd. Sao Pedro is a sheltered point break that rarely breaks, and this forecast proves it. On Thursday morning, we’re lookin’ at a tiny 0.7ft swell from the SSW, with a long period of 14 seconds, but no energy behind it. The combined energy is a measly 20 (weak). The water temp is 68°, which is about normal for this time of year with a -0.9° anomaly. Winds are light offshore from the NE, so it’s clean, but it’s just too small.

Friday the 4th is even worse. The swell drops to 0.3ft, and the combined energy is just 7. The wind goes glassy in the morning from the WNW, which is a real tease, but there’s no wave to surf. Saturday morning, the 5th, has a tiny 0.3ft swell with clean offshore NNE winds, but again, combined energy is only 6. It’s just a flat calm.

From Sunday the 6th right through Wednesday the 16th, the combined energy plummets to zero or near-zero for most of the days. We see a bit of a bump on Friday the 11th with a 1.0ft windswell from the west, but the period is a short 7 seconds, energy is 8, and it’s crossed up by 25 km/h N winds. On Tuesday the 15th, there’s a 1ft swell from the SSE with a very short period of 4 seconds, but it’s comin’ with onshore SSW wind, making it rubbish. The combined energy on that is only 10.

The best of a bad lot, if you can even call it that, comes on the 11th of September. The 1.0ft W windswell with a 7-second period is the biggest we see, but it’s still poor and not worth paddlin’ out for. The winds are moderate, and the break is rarely consistent. For a spot that’s sheltered and often crowded when it does fire, this is a total bust.

Honestly, this is a long stretch of no surf. It’s a blank run that’s normal for this area. You’d have better luck with a kite in the afternoon on the 6th or 7th when the wind hits 30-35 km/h, but for a paddle surfer? Leave the boards at home.

Rusty.

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