Foz do Lizandro Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it. It's Rusty here, and I've had a good look at the coming swell window for Foz do Lizandro. We've got a bit of a slow start to work through, so bear with me.

The first week or so is mostly a write-off, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. From now through the middle of next week, the wind is just a nightmare—howling out of the north-northwest, making a proper mess of things. You'll see some small bumps on the charts on the 17th, with a 4ft northwest swell and clean-ish conditions in the morning thanks to a light cross-offshore breeze, but it's marginal at best.

Honestly, the most interesting stuff doesn't really kick off until Monday the 21st of September. That's when we finally see some life. The morning looks like the real standout for the whole stretch. We've got a building 4ft swell from the northwest with moderate wave energy (539), and the wind is light and offshore from the east. That's going to produce some very clean, surfable lines. The setup is a river mouth, and the swell is a long-period 10-second groundswell—that length is going to give those waves some shape and push. The afternoon blows out with a northwest cross-onshore, so you've got to get it in the morning.

The real gold, the one that gets me a bit excited, is Wednesday the 23rd. This is the best on offer. Early morning, the wind is dead calm—glassy—and we've got a solid 5ft northwest groundswell with a very long 14-second period. The energy jumps to 896 (very strong). This is a serious pulse of energy, and at a river mouth like Foz do Lizandro, that long period will wrap in nicely. The water temperature is sitting at 66°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so maybe pack your hood. This swell is getting up there in size, into the bracket where it's going to be a bit much for beginners. For the rest of us, it's a morning mission. The afternoon gets a bit lumpy with a light cross-onshore, but the morning session should be absolutely firing.

After that, things settle back down. Saturday the 27th has a glassy morning with a clean 3ft northwest groundswell (very long 15-second period) for a chance at some smaller, longer lines. Then the very last standout is Monday the 28th, another glassy morning with 5ft of northwest swell (750 energy). That's another solid, clean day for experienced surfers to close out the month, but again, only in the morning before the onshore kicks in.

So, to sum it up: Foz do Lizandro has a slow, windy start. Don't bother this week. The window opens on the morning of the 21st, but the absolute pick of the bunch is the glassy Wednesday morning, the 23rd of September, with a strong, long-period groundswell. You want that. Everything else is a dawn patrol flicker at best. Keep an eye on the sky, because that glassy wind won't wait.

Rusty.

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