Jardim Atlantico Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Alright, mate, let’s have a proper look at the next stretch for Jardim Atlantico. I’ll be straight with you – this is a tough run. We’ve got a long, grim gap of over a week with nothing worth paddling out for, so we’re biding our time.

The first sniff of anything that could be called surfable doesn’t show up until Saturday morning the 15th. It’s tiny – only 2ft of easterly swell, but the wind drops to a dead calm, giving us a glassy window. The conditions are average at best, and with combined wave energy sitting at just 128, it’s weak. It’s a beginner-friendly knee-high dribbler if you’re desperate, but don’t expect any drive.

That’s about it for the first week, unfortunately. The majority of mornings and afterdays are trashed by onshore winds and choppy, messy conditions. There’s a real dry spell here – from the afternoon of the 15th right through until the 18th, it’s just poor, with no real recommendation. Honestly, the waves are either too weak or the wind is junk.

The next real glimmer comes on Wednesday the 19th. We’ve got a slightly better push of 4ft from the east, and the morning goes glassy with a light westerly offshore. Combined energy climbs to 195, which is still only moderate, but the conditions will be clean. This is your best option in the whole run—small, but you could get a few fun ones if you pick your moment. The crowd factor is there sometimes, so it might not be totally empty.

Thursday the 20th offers another glassy morning with 4ft from the east (152 energy), but it’s the same story: surfable but very ordinary.

By Friday the 21st, it drops right back to 3ft. The glassy morning will be clean, but it’s fading fast. From the 22nd onward, the swell collapses again – 2ft and smaller, with mostly onshore wind. The 26th sees a brief uptick to 4ft from the east-northeast on Wednesday afternoon, but with a moderate cross-onshore and 168 energy, it’s too chopped to get excited about.

The very end of the run, on Saturday the 29th, shows 4ft from the east-southeast with a cross-shore wind, but energy is only 183 and it’s described as poor – not worth holding your breath for.

For a beginner-friendly spot, those sub-5ft days are fine, but the onshore wind just kills it. If the wind were cleaner, those 4ft days could be fun, but they’re not cooperating.

If I had to point you to the standout, it’s the Wednesday the 19th morning – glassy, clean, and the best energy of the lot. It’s not pumping, but it’s the least bad of a rough run.

Stay patient, lads. It’ll turn around eventually.

Rusty.

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