Pedra Branca Reef Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Pedra Branca Reef is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with strong wind from the E, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 0–2 ft |
| Ideal period | medium-period (8–16s) |
| Best swell direction | S |
| Best wind | strong wind from the E |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-17 10:40 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | — |
| Dominant period | — |
| Swell direction | — |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 41041 (4512 km away) |
| Wind | 15 kt from the NNW — NDBC 62163 (956 km away) |
Pedra Branca Reef 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Pedra Branca Reef from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jul 17 | 2 ft | 7s WNW | 13 kt NNW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 2–3 ft | 4s NNW | 13 kt NNW |
| Sun Jul 19 | 3 ft | 7s NW | 12 kt NW |
| Mon Jul 20 | 3–4 ft | 7s NNW | 14 kt NNW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 3 ft | 9s NW | 11 kt NNW |
| Wed Jul 22 | 2–3 ft | 9s WNW | 11 kt NNW |
| Thu Jul 23 | 2–3 ft | 9s WNW | 15 kt N |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 8410140 (EASTPORT), the nearest tide station (4706 km away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 03:25 — High 17.775 ft
- 2026-06-06 09:51 — Low 1.319 ft
- 2026-06-06 15:55 — High 17.045 ft
- 2026-06-06 22:10 — Low 2.615 ft
- 2026-06-07 04:11 — High 17.61 ft
- 2026-06-07 10:36 — Low 1.424 ft
Frequently asked
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Pedra Branca Reef come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 41041) and the nearest NOAA tide station (EASTPORT). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Pedra Branca Reef?
Pedra Branca Reef is most often good on a 0–2 ft medium-period (8–16s) swell from the S, with strong wind from the E, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Pedra Branca Reef is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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