Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, lookin’ over the Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos) forecast for the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a quiet stretch ahead, I’ll be straight with you.

Right from the start, we’ve got a gap with no real surf to recommend. The first few days are just not doing us any favours. Friday the 31st of July and Saturday the 1st of August are a write-off. The swell’s either tiny or all over the place, and the wind is just wrong. You’ve got a stiff 12 to 19 mph cross-off breeze blowing, but the waves are either a pathetic 1 ft or a short-period 5 ft to 6 ft from the ESE. The energy is weak to moderate, with the combined energy only hitting 31 to 333. It’s just not happening.

Sunday the 2nd of August teases us a little. The morning shows a 5 ft ESE swell, but the period is a short, weak 7 seconds, and the wind is still a cross-off 16 mph. The energy is moderate (346), but the conditions are only marginal. It’s the kind of day where you might sit on the beach and think about it, but not much else. The afternoon flattens out again.

The week from Monday the 3rd to Thursday the 6th is a real grind. Swell hangs around 4 ft to 5 ft, mostly from the east, with a pitiful 8-second period. The wind stays cross-off, and the energy is moderate but uninspiring, ranging from 149 to 327. The best you can say is that the water is about average for the time of year, no real temperature anomaly to speak of. It’s clean, but it’s small and weak. Thursday afternoon manages a “surfable” rating, but it’s a far cry from good.

The second week—from the 7th of August onward—is a real flat spell. Swell drops to 3 ft to 4 ft, with periods of 6 to 7 seconds. The energy is weak, sometimes dipping below 100. The wind is mostly cross-off, but the waves are just not there. There’s a stretch of days where the combined energy barely reaches 100. It’s quiet, mate. The only real standout? There isn’t one. This break is a beginner-friendly reef, very consistent in the right conditions, but the swell direction is all wrong for it. The optimum is NE, and we’re getting mostly ESE to E. The cross-off wind is clean, but it’s not offshore, and the waves are too small and short-period to give you anything worth paddling for.

Honestly, if you’ve got a kite, you might get a bit of fun on the bigger days, but for a paddle surfer, this is a two-week blank. The forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a stay-at-home kind of outlook.

Rusty.

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