Surf Forecasts:
Jacaraipe surf forecast from 20 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Tuesday 25 Aug, 3AM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period, SSE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 26 Aug, 6PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period, SSE swell with 833 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 22 Aug, 12AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with NE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Jacaraipe this week:
The surf forecast for Jacaraipe over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 22) at 12AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.5m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 10s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Jacaraipe in the next 16 days are 1.4m 15s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 26) at 6PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.3m 5s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 22) at 6AM.
| Wave Type | Time (-03) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 12AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 3AM (Tue 25th Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) 15s |
| Most Powerful | 6PM (Wed 26th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 15s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Jacaraipe over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, listen up. The ocean’s been a bit of a mess lately, but there’s some clean, solid surf finally lining up for the end of the week. You just gotta be patient.
The first few days are gonna be a washout for surfers. Thursday and Friday are full of choppy, cross-shore winds and lumpy, short-period junk. Saturday and Sunday are no better—still messy and disorganised. The swell energy is weak to moderate during this time (125), and nothing’s really making it to shore with any kind of shape. Monday the 24th, the wind dies off to glass, but the swell is tiny, just knee-to-waist high leftovers. Not worth paddling out for.
Here’s the good news. Tuesday morning, the 25th of August, is when it all changes. We’ve got a proper SSE groundswell rolling in with a long 16-second period and solid energy behind it (700). The wind is light and cross-offshore, so Jacaraipe (Espírito Santo) is gonna be clean and lined up. Wave heights are around 4 feet, but that long period means it’ll have some real punch to it. This is the standout of the whole stretch. The morning of the 26th is also prime—glassy conditions, cross-off wind, and similar chest-high sets with that nice 14-second pulse. It’s gonna be worth the wait.
There’s a little more size for the 27th, with 5 feet on the face and very clean conditions in the morning, but it might be getting a bit more powerful. Watch for afternoon thunderstorms, but the morning looks like the pick.
After that, the swell starts to ease and the wind gets messy again. The first couple days of September look pretty average—small and not well organised. There is a blip on Thursday the 3rd of September where the swell jumps up to 7 feet, but it’s a short-period wind swell from the south and predicted to be too big for this particular spot, making for tricky, messy conditions.
So, the main takeaway: don’t waste your time this weekend. The standout window is Tuesday the 25th through Thursday the 27th of August, with clean conditions and proper groundswell on offer. Water temp is right around average for this time of year at 73°, so you’ll be comfortable in a spring suit.
This is Rusty, signing off. See you in the water.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SE by Sun morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 21°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | SSW 6 | S 6 | SSE 5 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 13 | SSE 14 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 181 | 158 | 145 | 165 | 192 | 126 | 89 | 43 | 102 | 51 | 50 | 74 | 99 | 660 | 612 | 684 | 648 | 563 | 817 | 778 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | on | glassy |
High Tide | 8:15PM0.94m | 10:28AM0.96m | 10:20PM0.92m | 12:03PM1.04m | 11:48PM1.01m | 12:52PM1.15m | 00:40AM1.12m | 1:28PM1.25m | 1:18AM1.25m | 1:59PM1.34m | 1:50AM1.36m | 2:28PM1.41m | 2:21AM1.46m | |||||||
Low Tide | 3:19AM0.55m | 4:55PM0.72m | 5:17AM0.50m | 6:17PM0.63m | 6:22AM0.40m | 7:00PM0.54m | 7:05AM0.29m | 7:31PM0.45m | 7:41AM0.19m | 8:00PM0.37m | 8:13AM0.10m | 8:27PM0.30m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — |
 | 5:29 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:29 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | 8 |
Temp °C | 25 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
Feels °C | 22 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 11 | S 11 | E 8 | NE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | E 7 | S 10 | S 7 | SSE 5 | S 10 | SSE 13 | SSE 14 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 14 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 192 | 62 | 26 | 23 | 102 | 32 | 14 | 74 | 99 | 660 | 612 | 684 | 648 | 563 | 817 | 778 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SE 11 | S 12 | S 11 | S 10 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 6 | S 10 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | E 6 | S 6 | ENE 6 | E 8 | S 13 | ENE 7 | — |
| kJ | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 30 | 163 | 28 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | S 8 | SE 11 | — | — | S 15 | S 14 | S 10 | ESE 7 | S 10 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | S 10 | — | ENE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ENE 7 | — | — |
| kJ | 5 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 51 | 10 | 17 | 53 | — | 13 | 7 | 4 | 30 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | — | SSW 6 | S 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 5 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 181 | 158 | 145 | 165 | — | 126 | 89 | 43 | 25 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 106 | 127 | 161 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 38 | 405 | 390 | 377 | 1130 | 3 | 431 | 582 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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