Copacabana Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, looking at the surf for the next couple of weeks. The nearest water temperature is sitting at 71°F, which is about average for this time of year, nothing to get excited about.

Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next several days are a bit of a write-off. We’re looking at a run of poor conditions through to the end of the week. There’s some small, weak swell, but the winds are all over the place and the energy is just not there. The combined energy barely cracks 60 (66) on the Tuesday afternoon, and it only gets smaller from there. You’re honestly better off doing something else.

Then, on Saturday the 15th, we get a tiny blip. A glassy morning with a 3ft north swell, but the period is a measly 6 seconds, so it’s just a bit of a bump. It’s surfable, but it’s ordinary. The afternoon goes straight back to poor.

The real story starts to build the following week. We’ve got a gap of a few days there with nothing really happening. Then, Wednesday morning the 19th, things start to wake up. We get a glassy morning with a 5ft swell from the NW, period stretching to 8 seconds, and the energy jumps to 254. It’s still not huge, but it’s a clean start.

Now, the standout. If you’re an experienced surfer, mark your calendar for Thursday the 20th. The morning session is looking like the pick of the whole forecast. We’ll have a clean, 8ft swell from the NW, with a solid 13-second period. That’s proper groundswell energy, and the combined energy is a massive 1810. The wind is a light cross-offshore from the ENE, which will keep things clean. This is the one. The afternoon gets a bit windier and messier, but that morning window is gold.

The rest of that week stays active, but the wind is more of a factor. Friday the 21st is a bit bumpy, and it gets choppy into the afternoon. The weekend of the 22nd and 23rd sees the swell dropping back but still offering some waist-high waves with NW swell, just not as clean as Thursday.

Then, we get another looker early the following week. Monday morning the 24th is looking excellent – glassy, with a 7ft NW swell and a 9-second period, energy at 853. That’s going to be a fun, clean session. It’s right on the edge of being too big for beginners, but for the rest of us, it’s a go. Tuesday the 25th stays solid but gets a little more wind-affected. Wednesday the 26th is another glassy morning, but the swell has dropped back to a more manageable 5ft for a fun, clean finish.

All in all, there’s some real quality in the second week. Thursday the 20th morning is the absolute standout—big, clean, and powerful. The Monday the 24th morning is a very close second. Don’t sleep on those windows.

Rusty.

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