Foam

Crazy Left · Ericeira · data for 3–4am

Dawn patrol: 6am.

Today's window is 6am to noon. Right now it reads fair.

modelled · open-meteo

Breaks here← All Cave CoxosCrazy LeftEriceira Foz do Lizandro Pedra Branca Reef Ribeira d'Ilhas São Lourenço

The swell angle is right and the groundswell is clean, but the size at thigh to stomach is thin for a break that needs punch to barrel under the cliffs. Northerly wind is cross-shore, which won't help the face, and the rising tide is working in your favour. Worth a dawn paddle if you're committed to the wait, but expect the fickle side of Crazy Left to show itself this morning.

By mid-afternoon the wind swings onshore and strengthens to nearly 20 kilometres per hour, which kills any shape the morning might have held. Today's window closes well before noon.

Tomorrow morning looks genuinely good, with the swell filling to waist and chest height across a longer period and the forecast showing light northeasterly wind at dawn. That's when Crazy Left fires properly, though these Atlantic models can shift overnight and the actual conditions may surprise you either way. It will be worth the drive.

Reading today's conditions…

Condition now · modelled

Fair

Surf height

0.6–1.1m

Thigh to stomach

Wind

9kph

N · Cross-shore

Swell · modelled · open-meteo

main0.8m9sNNW 342°

Wave energy · derived

3.5kW/m

Everyday power

mostly groundswell

Temperature · water measured · air modelled

19°cwater

20°c air · 3/2 fullsuit

UV max 7 tomorrow

Forecast

Today peaks at fair–good, 0.6–1.1m. Tomorrow good, 0.4–1.2m.

Surf · today and tomorrow

0.6–1.1m

Now · 3am

TodayTomorrow

0.6–1.1m · 3am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

Wind · today and tomorrow

9kph

N · Cross-shore

Now · 3am gusts 20

TodayTomorrow

9kph N · 3am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

Tide · today and tomorrow · modelled · open-meteo

0.03m

1.52m high in 6hr

TodayTomorrow

2:51am0m

9:17am1.5m

3:37pm0.1m

9:56pm1.5m

4:12am0.1m

10:41am1.6m

5:07pm0m

0m · 3am

6amNoon6pm6amNoon6pm

First light6:21am

Sunset8:42pm

Sunrise6:43am

Last light9:04pm

Tomorrow: first light 6:22am · last light 9:03pm

About this break

Level

Advanced

Type

Reef

Best swell

SSW to N

Short, intense left barrel breaking under the cliffs on the south side of the Dois Irmãos bay, between Cave and Coxos. Hollow and fast with a steep take-off, it needs a solid NW swell and an easterly wind and works best on a higher tide. Exposed and fickle, so it rarely lines up, but it fires when it does. The usual approach is to park at Coxos and paddle across.

Heads up. Shallow rocks, heavy lip, steep take-off, paddle access only.

Data from just now · refreshes every 30 min

Temp, sun and UV are reliable. Tide, wave height and wind direction are model estimates. Remember that.

Built by Ilya · Senggigi, Lombok

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By mid-afternoon the wind swings onshore and strengthens to nearly 20 kilometres per hour, which kills any shape the morning might have held. Today's window closes well before noon.