Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty flat and grim for Lajao (Baia dos Golfinhos). There’s a real dry spell on the cards, with no real standout surf to get excited about. The water temp is sitting at a warm 81°, which is about average for this time of year, so at least you won't be cold while you're staring at the ocean.

The first possible session worth mentioning is on the morning of Thursday, 23 July. We’ve got a weak 4ft east swell pushing through, but it’s short-period windswell at 8 seconds. The wind is a cross-off from the SSE in the morning, which should keep it fairly clean, but the wave energy is pretty low. It’s ridable, but you’ll be hunting for scraps. The afternoon drops off again.

The next glimmer is on the morning of Friday, 24 July. A smaller 4ft east swell, also short period. The wind is a light cross-off from the SE, which keeps the surface clean, but the combined energy is only 188. It’s surfable, but “very ordinary” is the word that comes to mind.

Honestly, the whole window is plagued by onshore to cross-off winds from the SE and SSE, and the swell is mostly short-period, weak, and from the east. The combined energy values are mostly in the double or low triple digits, which is weak. The best reading is a brief bump on Tuesday afternoon, 21 July, with a 6ft ESE swell, but it’s paired with 25 km/h cross-off wind and labelled as poor surf conditions. Not the kind of day you paddle out for.

There’s a real gap after the 24th. From Saturday, 25 July all the way through to Monday, 3 August, the conditions are consistently poor, with weak swells under 4ft. The energy is often in the double digits or low 100s. It’s a long, quiet stretch. The last day worth a mention is Tuesday, 4 August, where we see a 4ft east-southeast swell with period back to 8 seconds by morning, but it’s only a marginal call.

Look, this is a tough run. Lajao is a very consistent reef, but when it’s this weak and the wind is wrong, it doesn’t deliver. If you’re really keen, the best bet is the morning of Thursday, 23 July, and maybe the morning of Friday, 24 July. But don’t expect much. The rest of the window is a write-off. Sometimes the ocean just takes a nap.

Rusty.

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