Itaipu Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for Itaipu. There’s surf on the charts, but it’s mostly going to be a case of small, jumbled, and wind-affected waves. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing worth getting excited about, but a couple of windows do open up if you’re patient.

The water is sitting at 69°, which is right around the normal mark for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The week starts off flat and messy. Tuesday morning you might see a tiny 1ft S swell, but with the weak energy (64) and poor conditions, it’s not worth paddling out for. The next few days are more of the same: small, short-period leftovers and onshore breezes messing things up. We’re looking at a real dry spell from Tuesday through to Friday of the first week, with nothing but minuscule, weak surf. Don’t bother getting your hopes up.

Finally, on Saturday the 8th, things start to stir a little. The morning brings a cleaner 3ft S swell (357 energy) with glassy conditions, and it’s surfable but nothing special. The afternoon, though, sees a jump in size to 5ft from the SSE, and the energy climbs to 1210, but the wind turns onshore and it gets messy. It’s a tease, really.

Sunday the 9th keeps that 3ft S swell with a clean morning, but it’s still pretty ordinary. Then we slip back into another run of poor surf, with onshore winds and lumpy conditions from Monday the 10th through to Wednesday the 12th. This is a rough patch, folks. The swell stays small, the wind is messy, and the wave quality is poor. Not a good look.

Thursday the 13th is a bit all over the place, with a short-period ESE swell in the morning that’s not going to offer anything clean.

Now, here’s the standout. Friday the 14th. The morning is where it’s at. We’ve got a 5ft SSE groundswell, with a period of 14 seconds, and the energy is strong at 1006. The wind is glassy, and the report says to expect very good surf conditions. This is the one to circle on the calendar. It’s not huge, but it’s clean, has some push, and will be the best wave quality we’ve seen in this whole window. It’s a long-period swell, so keep in mind that Itaipu, being a sheltered spot, might see it a bit more lined up than a beach break. Make the most of the morning, because the afternoon gets windier and more onshore.

After that high point, the weekend and the start of the next week fade back into the ordinary. Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th have small, weak swells with cross-shore winds. The following week, from the 17th to the 18th, looks pretty poor – small, short-period, and choppy. Not worth the effort.

Hang on, one more glimmer. On Wednesday the 19th, there’s a bigger SSW swell pushing in, 6ft in the morning with glassy conditions. The energy is solid at 666, and the report says to expect good surf. This is a bigger, more powerful swell, but the period is a bit shorter at 10 seconds, so it might not be as clean as the 14th. Still, it’s the biggest surf of the period and could be a fun one for the more experienced crew. The afternoon sees it jump to 7ft, but the wind turns cross-onshore, so it’ll get lumpy.

So, bottom line: the next 16 days are mostly a waiting game. The standout is definitely Friday morning the 14th – clean, glassy, and with a decent groundswell. The 19th is the other one to watch, but it’s a bit less certain. Everything else is pretty much a write-off. Get out there on the 14th and make it count.

Rusty

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