Troia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell ya how it is for Troia over the next couple weeks.

Honestly, mate, it's a tough stretch. We’re lookin’ at a real flat spell here, with a big gap of nothin’ to get excited about. The forecast opens with a score of zero for Sunday the 9th, and that pretty much sets the tone for days to come. We’ve got a long stretch of very weak, poor quality surf conditions rollin’ through, with a combined swell energy stuck at zero for much of the first week. The water’s sitting at a notable 73°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing out of the ordinary.

We see a little blip of energy around Monday the 11th afternoon with a weak 3ft swell from the WNW, but it's a short-period 4 second wind swell with only 42 units of combined energy – that’s weak. Winds are cross-on, so it’s not gonna be pretty. Tuesday the 12th and Wednesday the 13th are flat again with clean mornings but zero swell.

There’s a tiny pulse that shows up Friday the 14th, but we’re talkin’ about a 0.3ft groundswell from the south with a 12-second period, and the combined energy is a measly 3. That’s barely a ripple, and with cross-off shore winds in the morning, it might look clean, but there’s nothin’ to ride. That same tiny energy pattern hangs around for days, barely reachin’ 33 units of combined energy by Thursday the 20th afternoon. The winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore from the SW, which just messes up what little is there.

This break is inconsistent at the best of times, and this run is a prime example of a blank period that’s pretty normal for the area. Honestly, this setup is lookin’ more interesting for kite surfing than for paddlin’ out, as the onshore winds and tiny chop will at least give them somethin’ to work with. For us surfers? It’s a long wait.

Rusty

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