Lajinha Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the coming weeks.

Honestly, it's a bit of a tough stretch ahead. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty grim. The wind is just stubbornly locked in from the southeast and east-southeast, blowing straight across the wave face at Lajinha, making nearly every session a choppy, cross-onshore mess. You'll be fighting a moderate breeze and a bumpy surface more than you'll be riding a clean face. The swell is small and weak, mostly under 5 ft, with a short, mushy period of just 6 to 8 seconds. The combined energy is low, mostly well under 250 (moderate energy at best), so don't expect much grunt. The water temp is sitting at 81°F, which is about normal for this time of year.

The first few days are a total write-off. Monday the 3rd through to Sunday the 9th, the surf is consistently poor, with small, weak waves and that nasty cross-onshore wind. It's the same story Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th, though we get a slight bump in energy on the 11th (417 shows moderate wave energy), but the wind is still ruining it.

There's a brief, tiny glimmer on Wednesday the 12th morning. The wind finally swings a bit more southerly, giving us a clean, cross-offshore flow. The swell is still a paltry 4 ft from the ESE at 7 seconds, but it would be the only clean window in the whole forecast. It's not a standout by any means, but if you're absolutely desperate, that's the only sliver of hope. After that, it's right back to the same old cross-onshore, choppy rubbish all the way through to Tuesday the 18th.

This is a real nothing-burger of a forecast. The only true highlight is that Wednesday morning window, but even that is a stretch to call a highlight. For the rest of the time, conditions are so poor that this setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer. It just ain't happening for us.

Stay patient, Rusty.

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