Aracaju Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for Aracaju. Gotta be straight with you—this stretch ahead doesn’t exactly have the stoke meter pegged. We’re looking at a solid 16 days, but the start is real quiet. The first recommendation we even get is a long way off, so between now and the end of July we’re lookin’ at a dry spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and what little swell shows up is short-period junk around 7 to 8 seconds. The water temp is sittin’ around 79° with a 0.7° anomaly, so pretty much normal for this time of year—nothing freaky there.

First notable window creeps in mid-next week. Friday the 1st of August, we get a bit of a pulse. Swell bumps up to about 5 ft from the ESE but the period’s still a weak 7 seconds—wind is onshore out of the SE at 16 mph, so it’s gonna be messy. The combined energy reading is around 231 (moderate energy), but honestly, with those winds and that short period, the wave quality is gonna be poor. This is not a day for beginners; 5 ft with no shape and wind chop is a handful.

Then we slide into Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd of August. The swell drops back to around 4 ft to 4 ft, still from the ESE, periods slowly creepin’ up to 8 seconds. The energy numbers on Sunday morning hit 271 (moderate) and we start to see some slightly better numbers, but again—onshore to cross-onshore winds are gonna keep it choppy and poor. It’s not until Monday the 4th and Tuesday the 5th of August that we see the best of the run, and even then, it’s a relative thing.

The standout day in the whole outlook is Monday the 4th of August. We’ve got a 4 ft ESE swell with an 8-second period, combined energy of 271 (moderate), and what’s key here is the wind is onshore but light at 9 mph from the E, keeping things cleaner than the rest. The swell direction (ESE) is technically off the optimum S direction for the break, so it’s not gonna wrap in perfectly at Aracaju—still, this is the cleanest window we’ve got. Not a day for anyone but intermediate and up, but if you’re desperate, that’s your best bet.

Tuesday the 5th of August morning jumps up to about 5 ft with energy at 441 (strong), but that same onshore flow from the SE at 12 mph and onshore wind will hold it back from being really good.

Bottom line: The next week and a half is a total write-off. The second week offers a few pulses of moderate to strong energy with poor-to-middling conditions. The best call is Monday the 4th of August—but temper expectations. Aracaju is rarely gettin’ clean with this swell direction.

Rusty.

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