Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos) has in store for us.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next sixteen days are looking like a real struggle. We’ve got some swell on the horizon, but the wind just won't cooperate. The first decent energy shows up on Thursday the 10th, with a 4ft to 5ft windswell coming in from the ESE, but it’s got a short 7-second period and a stiff 16 to 19 mph cross-offshore breeze. It’s clean, sure, but that wind is strong enough to make it a battle, and the overall energy is only moderate at best, sitting around 216 to 241. For a beginner-friendly reef like this, a 5ft swell would normally be pushing the limits for beginners, but with that wind, it’s not clean enough for learning and the low period means the waves lack punch. Honestly, it looks more like a session for the kites than the paddle surfers.

From Friday the 11th all the way through Wednesday the 24th of September, the story is grim. The waves improve slightly in size, with chest-high 4ft to 5ft swell on offer at times, but the wind swings around to a cross-shore from the ESE, blowing 12 to 16 mph. That’s going to chop things up badly, leading to poor, cross-choppy conditions every single morning and afternoon. The combined wave energy stays in the moderate range, between 89 and 172, but it’s all messy. There are a couple of cleaner windows with lighter cross-offshore winds on Saturday the 19th afternoon and Thursday the 24th afternoon, but the swell is still short-period windswell, offering nothing with any real push. The water temp anomaly is not mentioned, so we can assume it’s average for this time of year.

A glimmer appears right at the end of the run on Wednesday the 23rd and Thursday the 24th of September. We see a couple of 2ft swells from the ESE, but the period jumps to a very long 12 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell with real energy (moderate at 150-177), but it’s tiny. For a reef break like this, that long period could make it fat and difficult to catch, especially with the onshore or cross-shore wind that’s still blowing. The best of a bad bunch looks like Friday the 25th of September morning, with a clean 4ft ESE swell and a cross-offshore 16 mph wind, but it’s still a short 6-second period, so it’s not a standout. Nothing here is a standout, if I’m honest.

To sum it up, there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. The consistent wind against the modest swell makes for a blank run that’s pretty normal for this area. You’d be better off checking back later.

Rusty.

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