Aracaju Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and let’s talk about Aracaju.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a tough stretch ahead. The models are showing we’ve got a run of onshore and cross-onshore winds that are gonna mess with just about everything. The swell is there, don't get me wrong, but the quality is just gonna be junk for the most part. We’re looking at a solid 16-day window with pretty much zero days that have that clean, glassy feel we all chase.

Friday the 14th is a write-off. There’s a small 3ft SSE swell rolling in at 13 seconds, and the energy is weak to moderate at 380. But that morning cross-on breeze is going to chop it up into nothing. The water is warm, though, at 80°, that’s about 2° warmer than average for this time of year, so you won't need a bootie, just a good attitude for some messy waves.

The whole weekend and into next week just keeps the same story. The wind is mostly straight onshore, blowing from the SE and ESE at 9 to 16 mph. We’ll see some waist-high stuff, but it's going to be lumpy and hard to love. Monday the 17th, the swell drops back to 3ft, but that wind is still howling. Even when we see a little pulse of 5ft on Tuesday the 18th, it's short-period, only 8-9 seconds, and mixed with 16 mph onshores. That combo is just a mess. That's the kind of surf that looks better from the beach than it does out in the water.

By Thursday the 22nd, we get a bit of a lull, with smaller waves, and there's even a hint of a longer period swell, 18 seconds, on Saturday afternoon the 23rd, but it's still only 1ft. Not enough to do anything with, even if the wind wasn't messing it up.

The second week is more of the same, with wind staying on it and the swell staying small. There is a slight uptick on the morning of Tuesday the 26th, with 4ft of wind swell, but the period is a weak 8 seconds and the wind is on it again. It’s just not a good look.

To be fair, the crowds at Aracaju are only “sometimes” a problem, which is nice, but that doesn't help when the waves are this bad. We just aren't getting any of that good, clean SSE groundswell we need to make this place fire. The direction is right, but the winds are killing it.

We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions here. It’s not looking like a good time to paddle out at Aracaju. There are simply no good options in this 16-day window. If you’re desperate, it looks like the cross-onshore bumps and onshore winds might be more fun for the kite surfers than for us. But, the forecast can change. Here's hoping it does.

Rusty.

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