Tiririca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this out there. It’s Rusty here.

Look, I’m gonna be straight with you. The next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing happening at Tiririca. For the first few days, we’re looking at onshore breezes and weak, short-period windswell. It’s going to be a choppy, messy mess. Not worth getting wet for, to be honest. The energy’s weak too, with combined energy readings around 126 to 208.

Then comes Monday the 31st of August. There’s a slight glimmer of hope. The wind goes glassy in the morning and the swell cleans up a bit. Height’s around 4ft from the east with an 8-second period. It’s surfable, but it’s really ordinary. The energy picks up to 189, but it’s still nothing special and only rates as a one-out-of-ten for me. This is the first recommendation, such as it is. It’s just not enough to get excited about.

After that, it's back to a week of poor conditions and onshore winds. The energy builds into a moderate range, hitting 424 on Tuesday the 1st, but the wind is just wrong, chopping everything up. This is a frustrating stretch for sure.

Finally, things start to change for the better around Thursday the 3rd of September. A fresh southerly swing brings a bigger, cleaner swell in. The wind is cross-offshore, and the surf is reported as clean. The combined energy jumps to a strong 739. Thursday morning will be the standout of the week. The swell is a solid 7.5ft out of the SSE, so this one’s got some muscle, but the period is short at 7 seconds. It’s still going to be a bit crumbly. It’s a marginal forecast, but it’s the best we’ll see for a while. This one is for the more experienced crew; 7.5ft is on the upper end of what beginners should be looking at.

Friday the 4th still has some of that clean, cross-off swell with 5ft from the SSE, but the energy drops a bit to 369. It’s still in the marginal zone, but it’s worth a paddle.

Then we’ve got another quiet spell. The swell backs off and the winds go onshore again through the weekend and into early September. There’s a quick tease on the morning of the 5th of September when the wind goes glassy with 4ft from the ESE, but it gets ruined in the afternoon, and it’s back to poor.

The second week looks weak and inconsistent, with short-period slop from the ENE. The standout moment is honestly that Thursday the 3rd. The rest is just a waiting game. We know the water’s about average for this time of year, so no wild temperature surprises to talk about. It’s just a case of being patient. Eventually the swells will line up, but for now, keep the board in the car and check back with me later.

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