Prainha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next few days are a bit of a write-off. We’ve got a long stretch of small, messy, or blown-out conditions on the cards, but there’s a couple of light at the end of the tunnel moments that are worth keeping an eye on.

Prainha is an advanced spot, very consistent, but it’s exposed to the south swell and the optimum direction is from the south. That’s the key. Everything we’ve got is coming from the east or southeast, so it’s fighting the grain a bit. The water is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year at 69°F.

We’re looking at a gap of a few days with nothing really on offer. The first real glimmer comes on the morning of Monday the 7th. A pulse of 6ft swell from the SSE, with a moderate combined energy (487), and a clean cross-offshore breeze from the SSW at 9 mph. That’s a good window. The swell period is a short 9 seconds, so it’s not a groundswell, but with the wind clean, it’ll be fun. The afternoon holds similar size (6ft) but a lighter cross-shore wind, which will still be surfable, but the morning is the pick.

Then there’s a bit of a lull again. The next standout is the morning of Tuesday the 15th. We’ve got 6ft from the SSE again, with a similar combined energy (483), and a light offshore from the SW at 6 mph. Clean conditions. The swell period is a short 8 seconds, so it’s a bit lumpy, but that offshore wind will make it rideable and fun.

The absolute best of the whole outlook, and the one I’m most excited about, is the morning of Thursday the 17th. Glassy conditions, with a north wind of just 3 mph. The swell is a clean 4ft from the east, with a short period of 6 seconds, but the combined energy is moderate (226). It’s a small day, but that glassy surface will make it silky smooth. The afternoon bumps up to 5ft from the east, but it gets a bit cross-onshore, so the morning is the clear winner.

For the rest of the fortnight, it’s mostly small, cross-shore, or onshore junk. The morning of Wednesday the 9th has a brief clean offshore window with 4ft from the east, but it’s just one slot. The morning of Tuesday the 15th is the other solid pick alongside the 17th. The 18th has a long period 16-second swell from the SE, but it’s blowing 19 mph cross-offshore, so it’s a write-off for paddle surfing – that’s more of a kite session.

So, to wrap it up: the morning of Monday the 7th is a solid, windy option, but the real standout is the glassy, clean morning of Thursday the 17th. If you can only paddle out once in the next two weeks, make it that Thursday morning.

Rusty.

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