Tiririca Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, it’s Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for Tiririca.

First up, the water is sitting at 78°, which is about average for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

The week kicks off with a bit of a tease. Thursday morning, July 23, is the real standout. Swell is 5ft from the east, period 8 seconds, with a clean glassy surface. The wind is out of the southwest at 3 mph, dead calm, and the combined energy is moderate at 270. That’s going to be super clean for a beginner-friendly wave. If you can get out before the wind shifts, that’s your window.

Thursday afternoon and all of Friday, July 24, see the wind go onshore and cross-onshore, making the surf messy. The swell drops to 4ft by Friday morning, but the poor wind state kills it. Saturday, July 25, is even smaller with 3ft swell and cross-onshore winds – not worth paddling out. Sunday, July 26, has a tiny 3ft ESE swell and a clean cross-offshore wind in the morning, so it’s surfable but very ordinary.

Monday, July 27, starts off with glassy conditions and 3ft from the east, but the period is short at 7 seconds and the energy is weak at 90. It’s rideable, but it’s not going to get your heart racing. The rest of the week into early August looks poor – onshore winds, small swell, and low energy.

Now, there’s a gap with no real standout surf from late July 28 all the way through to the morning of August 2. That’s nearly five days of nothing to get excited about.

Then, on Sunday, August 2, the morning session could be a goer. Swell bumps up to 5ft from the east, period 8 seconds, combined energy hits 224 (moderate), and the wind is a light 3 mph from the northeast – glassy. That’s the best swell in the whole forecast period, and the clean conditions will make it a fun paddle. It’s still a beginner-friendly size, so it’s not for charging, but for a relaxed, clean wave, that’s your second best option.

Monday, August 3, pushes up to 5ft from the east, but the wind goes cross-onshore, so the quality drops. The energy is strong at 364, but the wind will ruin the surface. That’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, to be honest.

The rest of the first week of August sees the swell hold around 5ft to 6ft, but the wind is constantly onshore or cross-onshore, and the energy is strong (over 300 most days), but the conditions are not clean. By August 5, the swell is 6ft from the ESE with rain and onshore wind – that’s a messy, blown-out day.

Overall, the best bets are Thursday morning, July 23, and Sunday morning, August 2. Both are clean, glassy, and have moderate swell. The rest of the window is either too small, too windy, or both. There’s a long gap of poor conditions in between, but that’s just how it goes sometimes.

Rusty, signing off.

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