Azarujinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be honest with you, it’s a pretty grim picture for a paddle. The first few days are a write-off, and the pattern doesn’t really improve.

Swell is tiny for most of the run, and the only spot the finder picked up is Azarujinha. This is a reef break that’s exposed to a SW swell, but it’s not doing much. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

The whole forecast period is a long stretch of very weak surf. We’re talking combined energy readings that barely crack triple digits, and most of it is below 100 (weak energy). The biggest lump of energy comes on the afternoon of Wednesday the 5th of August, with a reading of 307 (moderate energy), but that’s a 4 ft swell from the NW with a short period of 9 seconds. That’s not great, and the wind is a fresh cross-offshore breeze from the NNW at 19 mph, which cleans it up but doesn’t make it any bigger.

The best of a bad bunch is probably the morning of Wednesday the 5th of August. You’ve got a 2 ft swell from the WNW, period 8 seconds, with a moderate offshore wind from the NNW at 12 mph. The forecast says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – and that’s about as good as it gets. The combined energy is only 97 (weak energy). It’s not going to be any kind of standout, but it’s the only time the score even nudges a 1 out of 10.

After that, it’s a flat spell. The mornings of the 12th and 13th of August also get a “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” tag, but with tiny 2 ft waves and even less energy. The rest of the time it’s “poor surf conditions” with hardly any swell. There’s a gap of several days with no real recommendations after the first week, and the second week is just more of the same small stuff.

Look, if you’re desperate, the Wednesday morning of the 5th of August is your only real shot, and it’s not a shot worth taking. For a reef break, you want better direction and period than this. The setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on the few days with a bit of wind.

Rusty.

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