Vagabundo Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the 16-day picture for your local stretch.

First off, the raw truth: this run is a dud. We’ve got a solid 16 days of “poor surf conditions” across the entire forecast window at Vagabundo, with not a single session cracking a score above zero. Every single surf session in the next two weeks is described as poor. That’s a tough pill to swallow. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and when it’s light it’s still messy. The swell direction is locked in from the NNE to N, and the optimum direction for this break is NNW, which means the swell is coming from a poor angle for this spot the whole time. The combined swell energy hits a peak of 643 (moderate wave energy) on Wednesday the 2nd, but with 16 mph onshore wind and a short period of 8 seconds, it’s just raw, choppy power with no shape. The period across the whole forecast is mostly 6 to 8 seconds – short period windswell – so no real groundswell punch or glide.

For beginners, this is messy but not huge. The biggest day is Wednesday, 2 September, with 7 ft swell, which is getting too large for learners, but the quality is so poor it doesn’t matter. For experts, it’s not dangerously big (over 8 ft) at any point, but the conditions are frustrating.

There is no standout. There is no “best option.” The forecast is utterly flat in terms of quality. There are no gaps of good surf to describe – the whole 16-day block is a gap.

What can I say? Sometimes we get a blank run like this. It happens. The north-northeast wind just won’t let up, and the swell direction never swings into the sweet spot. Don’t bother checking the cams for Vagabundo for the next two weeks. The only hope is that forecasts can change, and with consistency being the only positive trait here, it won’t stay this grim forever. But for now? Stay home, tune the fins, and wait for the shift.

Rusty.

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