Lajinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a good, hard look at what’s coming our way for Lajinha. I’ve gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim outlook. This stretch is going to be a long, quiet grind with very little to get excited about.

We’re looking at Lajinha, and the water temp is sitting around 81°F which is bang on average for this time of year. The problem is, the waves just aren’t showing up. For the next two and a half weeks, the call is almost entirely "poor surf conditions" with zero scores worth writing home about.

Things start off Sunday the 5th of July with some cross-shore chop. The swell is coming from the east at 5ft, but it’s a short period of 8 seconds with a combined energy reading of 267 – that’s moderate energy but it’s messy with a 12 mph crosswind. The afternoon bumps up to 5ft, but the period drops and it’s still cross-shore. Not worth paddling out.

Monday the 6th looks a bit cleaner in the morning with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell drops to just 4ft at an 8-second interval and combined energy of 178. It’s clean, but weak. By the afternoon the wind swings cross-shore and gets lumpy again.

From Tuesday the 7th right through until the end of the forecast on Monday the 20th of July, it’s a steady diet of small surf – most days between 3ft and 4ft – with periods usually hanging around a weak 6 or 7 seconds. The combined energy values are mostly in the two-digit or low three-digit range, which tells you the ocean just doesn’t have any push. The direction is locked in from the east and the wind rarely gives us a break. It’s almost always cross-on or cross-shore, with moderate breeze levels making things lumpy or choppy.

The one real standout – and I use that term loosely – is the Monday afternoon the 20th of July. The combined energy bumps up to 178, still with east swell at 4ft and a 7-second period. But it’s cross-onshore and choppy. For expert surfers, the 5ft afternoon on the 5th might offer a bit more push, but the cross-shore wind kills the quality.

There is a very brief moment on Sunday the 19th of July in the afternoon where the swell from the SSE comes in at just 1ft but with an 11-second period – that’s a long period groundswell, but it's tiny and onshore. Combined energy is 107, but it’s just too small to do anything with on a reef break.

Honestly, it’s one of those blank runs where the area just goes to sleep. You could stare at it for two weeks and not see a proper wave. Might be more interesting for the kite crew than paddle surfers, especially on the windier afternoons. The forecasts can always change, but right now, don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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