Su Paulo Su Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then. Rusty here, and I gotta say, this is a real stretch we're looking at. We've got a spot called Su Paulo Su, a reef break that usually handles a decent swell, but for a solid week and a half the ocean’s having a lie-in. The water is sittin' at 83°, which is a solid 6° warmer than what you’d usually expect for this time of year.

The story starts quiet. From Thursday, September 3rd right through until Tuesday, September 8th, don't even bother waxing up. We're talking tiny dribbles of swell with weak energy readings (4 to 6 on the combined scale) and lousy onshore wind. A few mornings look glassy but there’s just nothing to ride. That’s a full six-day dry spell straight off the bat.

We finally get a pulse on Wednesday, September 9th. The morning shows some promise with a jump to 5ft of swell from the NW, with an 8-second period. The combined energy hits a moderate 284, and we’ve got a light breeze that's cross-off, keeping things clean. It’s a short window though. By the afternoon, the wind cranks up to 16 mph cross-shore, the swell bumps to 7ft, and it gets messy. The morning session is the only real look you’ll get here, but with that size, beginners will be struggling.

After that, Thursday the 10th still carries some size at 7ft in the morning, but that cross-shore wind is already wrecking it, and by the afternoon a fresh 19 mph cross-onshore makes it a write-off.

Then it all crashes back down. From Friday the 11th all the way through to Wednesday the 16th, we’re back to nigh-on nothing. Swell heights drop below 2ft for days on end, and the wind is either too strong or from the wrong direction. There’s a classic “blank run” on the cards here.

There is one big, spicy outlier at the very end. On Thursday, September 17th, a serious pulse of groundswell arrives. 10ft of NW swell, with a 9-second period, and the combined energy is a whopping 1499 – that’s strong. The problem is the wind. A fresh 22 mph cross-onshore has the ocean looking lumpy and angry. That's expert territory only, and the wind will likely ruin any chance of a clean wave.

The only standout – and I mean the *only* decent window in 16 days – is the morning of Wednesday, September 9th. The swell direction from the NW is spot on for what this reef wants, the wind is light and clean, and the energy is building. Get heads-up for that one, but don’t hold your breath for the rest.

Rusty.

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