Jardim Atlantico Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Jardim Atlantico has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I’m looking at the charts and it’s a pretty quiet stretch. For the first ten days or so, the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, with small, weak swell that’s barely breaking. Swell heights are hovering around 2ft to 4ft, but with periods mostly around 6 to 8 seconds, it’s just not putting any punch into the wave face. The combined energy is low, mostly in the double digits like 132 or up to 356, which keeps things pretty limp. The water temp is looking about average for this time of year.

The whole first week is pretty much a write-off for a decent wave. The wind is generally light to moderate from the NE or E, but it’s cross or onshore, creating a fair bit of chop. We don’t get anything that looks clean or worth paddling out for. It’s not until the start of the third week, on the 15th of September, that we see a slight pickup. Even then, it’s marginal – 5ft swell but still cross-on wind and a period of 7 seconds. That one is a maybe at best if the tide is right.

Now, the one bright spot comes right at the very end. On Sunday the 20th of September, we’ve got a glassy morning. That’s right, light onshore at 5 km/h from the E, but the report says ‘glass’. The swell is 3ft from the E with a period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy is only 126 – weak. It’s a small cleanup wave, nothing to get excited about for an experienced surfer, but a beginner might find a few slow, crumbly ones on the inside. The break is exposed to that E swell, and with offshore wind being W, the glassy conditions on the morning of the 20th make it the best we’ve seen in the forecast. Crowds are sometimes a factor here, so you might have to share a few small waves. But this is the one to circle if you really need a paddle. Just keep expectations low – it’s small and weak.

Otherwise, the rest of the window is a flat, choppy, onshore mess. The 16th and 17th have a brief flurry of longer-period energy (13-14 seconds), but the wind stays onshore, so that promising groundswell gets chopped up at the beach. For a point break or reef, that longer period would be a dream, but here at a beach break, it’s going to straighten out and be hard to ride.

So, the takeaway: hold tight for a glassy, small morning on the 20th, and otherwise, it’s not worth getting wet unless you’re just desperate to be in the water.

Rusty.

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