Supertubos Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you about the next 16 days at Supertubos (Portugal). It’s a pretty grim stretch, if I’m honest. We’re looking at a long, flat spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for. The forecast shows a real gap in quality surf, with most days offering nothing but small, weak waves and poor conditions.

The water temperature is sitting at 67°, which is about what you’d expect for this time of year – nothing out of the ordinary there.

We’ve got a few fleeting moments that might get your hopes up, but they’re not going to blow your mind. The best of the bunch, and I’m scraping the barrel here, lands on Tuesday morning, August 4th. The swell is a pathetic 3 ft from the WNW, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined wave energy is a measly 133, so it’s weak. What makes it stand out, and it’s a big “if,” is the glassy offshore wind from the WSW at 3 mph. That will make the surface clean as a whistle. But it’s small, weak, and the overall surf quality is still just “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s a session for a longboard if you’re desperate.

Then, on Friday morning, August 14th, we see a tiny bump. Swell hits 3 ft from the WNW with a 9-second period, and a cross-offshore wind from the NNW. The combined energy climbs to 154, so it’s at least got a bit of push. Still, it’s far from good, and the “poor surf conditions” rating tells the real story.

Saturday, August 15th is the biggest we’ll see, with swell hitting 5 ft from the NW on the morning session. The combined energy jumps to 336, which is moderate. But the wind is howling at 19 mph from the north, which is cross-offshore. Given the size and the wind, this set-up at Supertubos, a beach and reef break, starts looking more like a kite-surfing session than a relaxing paddle session.

Everything else is flat, windy, or both. There’s a whole lot of nothing from Sunday, August 9th through to Monday, August 11th, with swell dropping to 0.7 ft or less. The final morning of the 16th is completely flat, with zero energy. It’s a bleak run, but for an area like this, these blank spells happen. The forecasts can shift, so keep an eye on it, but right now, I wouldn’t be waxing up.

Rusty.

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