Buritaca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, casting an eye over the Buritaca stretch for the next couple of weeks. The main story is a solid, persistent pulse of northeast swell that’s got plenty of energy, but it’s going to be a bit of a game of patience because for the first week or so, it’s simply too big for the break to handle comfortably.

We’re looking at a classic river mouth / point break setup here. The water temp is feeling about average for the time of year, nothing too wild there.

The first real standout window, and the best bet on offer across the whole outlook, is the morning of Wednesday, July 15 and Wednesday, July 22. On the 15th, you’ve got a 7ft NE swell, but the key is the wind. It’s dead glassy. Light airs, no chop, just clean lines. The combined energy is sitting at a solid 625 (moderate), and with an 8-second period it’ll be a punchy, workable wave. It’s still on the bigger side, so maybe not for total beginners, but for anyone comfortable in that range, the conditions are near-perfect. The 22nd is a similar story: a smaller 5ft swell with a 203 energy reading, but again, glassy as a mirror. That’s a proper longboard or funboard morning.

Now, the rest of the first week from July 10th through the 20th is mostly dominated by that chest-to-head-high NE swell, but it’s consistently crossing the 8ft mark or hanging around 7ft to 8ft with cross-shore or light cross-onshore breezes. The energy readings are up there, in the 600 to 800 range, sometimes pushing over a thousand on the 18th. It’s pumping, no doubt, but the wave comment keeps hammering home that the swell is predicted to be too big for the break. For a river/point setup, that much water moving through can make it unruly and tough to manage. There are a few chances, like the mornings of the 12th and 13th, but the wind is either cross-on or the energy is a bit too high. For the 18th with a 10ft swell and 1082 energy, that’s serious, heavy water – strictly for experts only, and even then it'll be a battle.

After the 20th, things start to settle. The swells drop back under 7ft, and the energy drops into the 200-400 range. The mornings of the 22nd and 24th both offer glassy conditions again. The 24th morning has a clean 6ft NE swell with 433 energy and glass, which is a very solid session. The 25th morning also looks promising with a 7ft swell under glassy skies and a 558 energy reading, flagged as “very good surf conditions.”

Crowds are something to keep in mind here; the spot is rated as "sometimes" busy, so on those perfect glassy mornings with decent swell, you can expect company. It’s a consistent setup, so when it’s on, it’s on.

So, to sum up your mission: Wednesday July 15 morning is the absolute pick of the first week – don’t sleep on that one. The second week’s highlight is Wednesday July 22 morning, with smaller, clean, glassy waves. Anything in between is either too big, too windy, or just marginal. Be patient, pick your window, and you’ll get some beauties.

Rusty.

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