Tiririca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Gonna switch over to the imperial numbers for you.

Lookin’ at the next couple of weeks at Tiririca, if I’m bein’ honest, it’s a bit of a slow roll. The pattern for the first week and a half is mostly small, messy, and blown out. We’ve got a bit of a pulse mid-week, but it comes with a lot of wind and chop. There’s a solid 7-day gap where conditions just aren’t working for a decent paddle. The one real standout window looks to be Thursday the 13th, early. That’s your best bet, but it’s still nothing to write home about. After that, things just flatten out and get ugly again.

Let’s start with Wednesday the 12th. We’ve got swell pushing in, around 8ft from the SE with a combined energy of 658 (moderate). That’s a decent size, but the wind is a cross-shore SSE at 16 mph. It’s lumpy and messy – a proper battle out there. That’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean surf session. Stick to the beach if you’re a learner, ‘cause at that size, it’s getting beyond beginner territory.

Now, Thursday morning the 13th is where it’s at. The swell drops back to a clean 4ft from the ESE with a period of 7 seconds (a short-period windswell). The combined energy is 264 (moderate), so nothing massive. The real win here is the wind: a light 6 mph SSW, which is cross-offshore. It’s going to be clean. The water’s sitting at 79°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – feels nice. It’s a consistent break, and while the waves are small, for a beginner-friendly spot like this, that’s actually a good thing. You’ll have a fun, easy time with no real crowds to speak of. This is your standout.

Don’t get too excited about the afternoon though; the wind swings cross-on and it’s poor.

After Thursday, it’s a long, slow drain. Friday the 14th through to the following Wednesday is a desert. We’re talking tiny waves (2ft to 3ft) with onshore or cross-onshore winds, mostly from the E or ENE. The period gets long (11-12 seconds) on the weekend, but it’s too small and blown out to matter. The Monday after (17th) and Tuesday (18th) offer a tiny, cleanish window – 2ft to 2ft from the SE with light winds – but it’s barely surfable. You’d be lucky to get a couple of waist-high foamies.

The second week is all the same story: small, onshore, and disappointing. From the 19th of August to the 26th, we’re looking at 3ft to 3ft of E/NE wind swell with constant onshore or cross-onshore wind. Combined energy is weak to moderate, mostly in the 100s (87 to 173). The period stays short (6-8 seconds). It’s a consistent blank run for any quality waves. The only real hope is that the forecast can change, and it often does for a place like this – it tends not to stay poor for this long.

Rusty.

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