Sororoca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a seat. It’s Rusty here. Let’s talk about the stretch ahead.

Honestly, looking at the next 16 days, it’s pretty grim for a paddle. The whole forecast for Sororoca is a washout as far as decent surf goes. We’ve got waves on offer, sure, but it’s all coming in from the east, which is about as far from the optimum NE direction as you can get for this reef, and the wind is just a mess, mostly cross or cross-on, keeping everything chopped and lumpy.

We start off Saturday morning with a bit of a pulse. Swell height is small, around the 2ft mark, from the east with a weak period of 10 seconds. But it’s not doing anything for us. The wind is a cross-shore breeze, and the report says “poor surf conditions” from the get-go. It's a bit of a tease, because there’s some energy there, a moderate 110 combined, but it’s just not organized. The water temp is sitting at 81°, which is normal for this time of year, but it won't matter much since you’ll be fighting a cross-chop.

As we roll into Sunday, the swell does bump up a bit, hitting around 5ft in the morning and 5ft in the arvo, with the period dropping to 6 seconds. That short period tells you it's just windswell, and with a fresh cross-shore breeze at 19 mph, it’s going to be lumpy and messy. The energy picks up to a moderate 273, but it's all for nothing. This trend continues into Monday, with a solid 5ft of stormy, short-period swell, and waves that are just shutting down.

The whole first week is much of the same story. The swell hangs around the 3-4ft mark, but the wind doesn’t ever truly let go and give us a clean day. It's cross-on more often than not. Tuesday through Friday sees those 3ft to 4ft waves, all with 6-7 second periods, and it’s just choppy and onshore. It’s the kind of stuff that’s only going to interest the kite surfers, honestly, because that combination of swell and wind is way more fun on a kite than a longboard.

We get a slight tease on the 26th of August, a Wednesday, when the energy jumps to a strong 343 on the Wednesday afternoon as a rain shower rolls through. But the swell is only 4ft and the period is still that junky 7 seconds. It’s just a spike in energy from the wind, not a proper swell, and it doesn't do anything for the surf quality.

The second week is a continuation of this. We stay in that range of 4ft to 4ft of short-period east slop, with the wind persistently coming from the east or southeast, keeping everything cross-on and bumpy. There’s nothing to get excited about, no standout sessions. The wave heights are pushing that 4ft mark, but with a period under 8 seconds and constant onshore wind, it’s just not any kind of quality.

So there you have it. A 16-day outlook that’s just a whole lot of nothing for Soul, I mean Sororoca. The only thing that’s consistent is the inconsistency of the surf quality. It’s one of those spots that rarely breaks well anyway, and this forecast isn’t going to change that. Blank runs are more normal for this area. We'll have to just wait for the winds to shift and hope for some better direction in the next window.

I'll be watching. This is Rusty, signing off.

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