Tercera Ponte Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next couple of weeks are gonna test your patience, that’s for sure. We’ve got a stretch of small, junky waves ahead, but there are a couple of windows where it could get real fun around here. Let’s break it down day by day.

The weekend kicks off with a bit of a whimper. Friday afternoon has some waves but the east wind is on it, chopping things up and making it a bit of a mess. Saturday morning is the first real glimpse of something decent. The swell is a touch bigger at 4ft, but the key is the cross-offshore wind, leaving things clean. It’s not a day to go crazy, but you’ll get some fun little ones at Tercera Ponte. The energy is moderate (258). Saturday afternoon goes downhill fast as the wind swings around and gets lumpy. Sunday and Monday are pretty much a write-off, small, onshore, and messy. The swell energy stays weak to moderate (104, 103, 98).

We’ve got a few days of nothing much until the middle of the week. The wind is all over the place and the swell gets a bit bigger but it's full of south in it, which just isn't right for us. It's going to be a real battle if you paddle out. The energy does pick up (335, 298, 397) but it’s all for nothing with the wind and direction.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Look at the long-range forecast. Around August 14th, Thursday morning, things are looking up. It’s small, around 2ft, but that wind is dead glassy. You’ll see a long period groundswell coming from the south-southeast, and the energy jumps right up (274). It’s a bit tiny, but it'll be the cleanest the beach has been all week. If you want a few longboard waves without the chop, that’s your window.

But the real standout, the one you should circle on the calendar, is Saturday the 15th. The morning session is the pick of the whole forecast. We’ve got a clean 3ft of swell, again from the south-southeast, and that light offshore wind will have the lines looking really tidy. The combined energy gets strong, hitting 476, and it’s got a long 15-second period on it. This is proper groundswell. Because it’s so long in period, it might swing a bit too straight at the beach, but for the points and reefs, this could be magic. It’s still small enough for everyone. The forecast is a ways out, so don’t book the time off just yet, but this has got real potential.

Sunday the 16th morning also looks decent, with a clean cross-off wind and a similar SSE swell (332 energy), though the period drops off a touch.

The following week dies down again. There’s some surf on the 19th and 20th, but it’s just ordinary. Small, clean at times, but no energy behind it. Then there’s a bit more south swell around the 22nd, but the wind is back on it, killing any chance of clean waves.

So, to sum it up: this Friday and the weekend are pretty average and onshore. The real sweet spots are the glassy morning on the 14th, but the standout is definitely the morning of Saturday the 15th. Get out there if you can, it’s gonna be the best thing we see in this whole stretch. Keep an eye on that one.

Rusty.

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