Azarujinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m gonna be straight with you – this stretch from Sunday the 2nd of August right through to Monday the 17th of August is a pretty grim run for any surfer in the Azarujinha zone. The swell is tiny, and honestly, most days you’re better off staying home or doing a beach clean-up. There’s a long gap here with no real surf to speak of, so let’s get into it.

Right now, Sunday morning the 2nd, we’ve got a few 2ft waves coming from the west with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is weak (53). Water temp is sitting at 68°, which is about normal for the time of year – nothing unusual there. Wind is offshore from the NNW at 9 mph, so the surface is clean. But the waves are small, weak, and just not interesting. Not worth paddling out for.

From Sunday afternoon the 2nd all the way through to basically the end of the 16-day window, it’s poor surf conditions. The swell never really gets over 3ft, and the combined energy peaked at 136 on Tuesday morning the 4th – moderate but still not enough to get excited about. That Tuesday morning, 3ft from the WNW, period 9 seconds, with light cross-offshore winds… it’s surfable, but only just. It’s ordinary.

After that, we drop back into the 1ft to 2ft range, with weak energy (often under 100). Wednesday the 5th and Thursday the 6th have offshore winds, but the swell is too small and the period is short, around 8 to 10 seconds. The combined energy on Thursday the 6th afternoon is only 52 – really weak.

There’s a notable gap from about Friday the 7th through to Monday the 10th where the swell drops to 1ft or less, and the energy figures are in the teens or single digits. Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th see a tiny uptick to 1ft-2ft, but again, nothing to write home about.

Thursday the 13th is flat, and Friday the 14th afternoon has a 2ft NW swell with a 10 second period, but with cross-shore winds and chop. The energy is 87 – still weak.

The best of the worst might be Wednesday morning the 12th: 2ft from the WNW, 9 seconds, light wind, clean. But it’s still just ordinary surf. The rest of the time, it’s pretty much flat or junk.

There’s no standout session in this whole 16-day window. The reef at Azarujinha is exposed, and the optimum swell direction is SW, but all we’re getting is small, short-period W and WNW pulses. Not a single recommendation worth chasing.

Honestly, this is a blank run. It’s not unusual for the area to have long slack periods, so don’t panic – forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing good on the horizon.

Rusty

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