Lajinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Honestly, this is one of those stretches where you might be better off waxing the longboard for a beach day rather than a surf day. The whole 16-day window is a real struggle. There’s not a single true standout, and the conditions are just messy.

The water is sitting at 81°F which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

We kick off on Wednesday, 8th July, and it’s a rough start. The wind is howling cross-shore at 16 mph, whipping up a nasty cross-chop. The swell is a weak little 3 ft from the ESE with a short period of 7 seconds, and the combined energy is a paltry 97 (weak). It’s a write-off.

Thursday the 9th through to Tuesday the 21st of July is just rinse and repeat. The wind stays mostly cross or cross-onshore, anywhere from 9 to 19 mph, keeping the surface chopped up and lumpy. Swell bounces between 3 ft and 5 ft, but it’s always that short-period, messy E/ESE windswell. The energy gets into the moderate range (100-336) at times, but the wind ruins it. Every single day is marked as "poor surf conditions." There’s a solid 2-week gap here with no joy.

Right at the end of the run, we get a slight flicker of hope. On Thursday morning, 23rd July, the swell jumps to 6 ft from the ESE, with a period of 8 seconds. The combined energy hits 787 (moderate-strong). It’s still cross-shore and a bit lumpy, but it’s the only time the score even nudges to a 1 out of 10, meaning it’s “marginal”. The swell is getting a bit too big for beginners (over 5 ft), and the period is short, so it won’t have that long, drawn-out groundswell feel. The direction is from the ESE, which is not the optimum swell direction (E) for this reef break, so it’s not going to set up perfectly.

In short, for the whole 16 days, there’s nothing I’d get excited about. The wind is relentless, and the swell is messy. It’s just not on.

Rusty.

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