Tiririca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll level with you – this stretch at Tiririca is a quiet one for a while. We’ve got a running theme of small, short-period swell and mostly cross-onshore winds locking things up. The water’s sitting at 78°F with a dead-normal anomaly of 0.5°F, so nothing weird going on temperature-wise.

Saturday the 25th kicks off with 3ft of east-southeast swell at a short 8 seconds, cross-on breeze from the east at 9 mph. Combined energy is a weak 98, and it’s just choppy. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday morning the 26th is the first real flicker. Glassy conditions, wind from the south at only 3 mph, and 3ft of east swell at 7 seconds – short period but clean. Energy’s only 75 though. It’s surfable, but ordinary. Not a standout, just a chance to get wet.

Monday the 27th morning sees a cross-off wind from the south at 3 mph, 2ft of east-southeast swell, period still 7 seconds, energy 77. Clean, tiny, and weak. Afternoons stay cross-on and choppy all week.

Tuesday the 28th morning goes glassy again – 2ft, east swell, 7 seconds, energy 74. Same story. By Wednesday and Thursday the swell drops further into the 1ft-2ft range with onshore winds. Really nothing happening.

Friday the 31st morning brings a dead calm: wind west at 0 mph, glassy, 2ft east swell at 7 seconds, energy 60. Surfable but small. Afternoon goes cross-on again.

We get a bump on Saturday the 1st of August – 4ft of east swell, still short at 7 seconds, but combined energy hits 161 (moderate). Unfortunately, the wind is easterly at 6 mph and cross-on to onshore, so it’s messy. Sunday the 2nd drops back to 3ft, energy 121, same cross-on story.

Monday the 3rd of August morning shows a bit more life: 4ft east swell at 8 seconds, energy 212, with a light cross-shore wind from the south-southeast at 3 mph. It’s marginal, not great shape, but the energy is there. Afternoon goes to 4ft but gets choppy again.

Then we hit a proper pulse from Wednesday the 5th onward. Swell builds to 6ft by Wednesday morning (energy 477) and 5ft in the afternoon – but it’s all cross-on easterly wind at 9 mph, choppy and poor.

Thursday the 6th: 5ft of southeast swell, period stretching to 10 seconds in the afternoon, but wind ramps up to 12-16 mph cross-on, energy hitting 616. Choppy, not for paddling.

Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th see 10ft of east-southeast groundswell, period 9-10 seconds, energy up around 1374-1730 – very strong. But at that size it’s only for experts, and the wind stays cross-on from the southeast at 9 mph, so it’s a bumpy big-wave day. Not beginner territory at all.

Now, Sunday the 9th of August is the one. Morning session delivers 8ft of east swell with a solid 10-second period, energy 1161, and a sweet cross-off wind from the south-southwest at 6 mph. That is clean, powerful, and still within expert range. The report calls it excellent for experienced surfers – that’s our standout. Afternoon goes cross-on and marginal, so mornings are the move.

Overall, the real highlight is Sunday the 9th morning. Before that, the cleanest windows are Sunday the 26th and Friday the 31st mornings, but they’re tiny. Don’t expect fireworks early. The big stuff on the 7th-8th is just too messy and big for most.

Rusty.

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