Ponta Negra Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I'm gonna level with you straight up. We've got a 16-day window, and Ponta Negra is the only spot on the map. And it ain't pretty. The whole run is a write-off for a decent paddle. We're looking at a solid blank stretch with zero good surf options. It's a classic case of the ocean looking promising on paper but being a complete mess when you get there.

The water's sitting at 80.8°F with a 1.4°F anomaly, so pretty much what you'd expect for this time of year. For the first few days, the swell is small, around 2.6ft to 3ft, coming from the ESE with a period of 11 to 12 seconds. That longer period is a bit of hope, but it's all undone by that SE wind blowing at 15.5 mph, putting a nasty cross-on chop on it. The energy is weak to moderate, reading 228 on Saturday afternoon, then jumping to 416 on Sunday morning, but it's all for nothing.

Come Sunday afternoon through the middle of the week, the swell bumps up to 4.9ft to 5.2ft, but the period drops right off to 6 seconds. That's pure wind slop. Combined with the fresh 18.6 mph SE breeze, it's just a lumpy, crumbly mess. The energy reads around 373 down to 176, so there's some push, but it's all junky closeouts. You'd be fighting it just to get a shoddy ride.

The rest of the week is more of the same. Cross-on winds, moderate breezes, and surf hovering around 3.9ft to 5.2ft with periods of 6 to 8 seconds. The energy stays in that 200 to 300 range. It's the kind of stuff that gets you all dressed up with nowhere to go. This is a beach setup, and with this onshore wind and that short-period swell, it honestly looks more interesting for a kite surfer than someone with a paddle in their hand.

The gap of poor conditions stretches right through the entire period, from the 15th to the 30th of August. There's no standout day. Even the 24th and 25th, which see the swell nudge up to 5.6ft, are still riddled with cross-on winds and 7-second periods, so the quality is just as rubbish. The one thing you can say is the swell direction stays mostly in the E/ESE, which is close to Ponta Negra's optimum NE, but it just doesn't matter when the wind and period are working against you. It's a right-off, folks. Forecasts can always change, but as it stands, give it a miss.

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