Zambujeira do Mar Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s talk about what’s ahead for Zambujeira do Mar.

First off, the water temp is sitting at 20°, which is about 0.9° cooler than usual for this time of year – nothing too wild, just a touch of that autumn cool creeping in.

We’ve got a bit of a slow start, but the first real glimmer of hope shows up on the morning of the 5th (Saturday). It’s small, with a 3ft NW swell running at 9 seconds, nothing epic, but the wind is dead calm, glassy conditions. It’s surfable, but don’t get your hopes up for anything special. The combined energy is only 155, so it’s weak.

The stand-out window is the morning of the 8th (Tuesday) and the afternoon. Tuesday morning, we’ve got a 6ft NW swell, period 10 seconds, and the wind is light cross-shore from the NNW – that’s a clean, light cross-shore, making for decent shape. The combined energy jumps to 1024, which is a solid, moderate push. That’s the best combo of size and clean conditions we’ll see. The afternoon is a bit bigger at 7ft, but the wind swings cross-on from the NW, and the model says it’s actually too big for this break, so stick to the morning session.

That morning is the pick. The swell direction is NW, which is a bit off the optimum WNW, but it’s still exposed, and with that light wind, it’ll be the most lined-up it gets.

For the rest of the run, it’s mostly choppy, cross-on, or just too messy. The 7th (Monday) morning has a 3ft WNW swell with a 13-second period – that’s a long period groundswell, but it’s weak and the wind is light cross-shore, so it’s a marginal call. The 13th (Sunday) morning has a 6ft NW swell but the wind is cross from the SSW, not clean.

Overall, it’s a one-hit window. The Tuesday morning on the 8th is your best bet. The rest is either too small, too windy, or too messy. This isn’t a classic run for Zambujeira, but that one morning should give you a few decent ones.

Rusty.

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