Volta da Jurema Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up about this stretch. We’ve got one spot, Volta da Jurema, a reef break that's known for being beginner-friendly and very consistent. But this 16-day window is a tough one.

The overall pattern is dominated by short-period, average-sized swell and wind that’s never truly clean. The water temperature anomaly is average for the time of year, so nothing unusual there. The energy is weak, with combined swell energy mostly sitting between 150 and 350 on offer, so it’s never really firing.

We start on Tuesday the 25th. Morning shows some clouds with a cross-off wind from the SE at 19 mph, swell at 5 ft from the ENE with a short, weak period of 8 seconds. The afternoon clears up but the wind goes cross-shore from the East at 16 mph. The session report is poor, and the wave state has a cross-chop. Let’s skip it.

Wednesday the 26th is the first morning that might offer a glimmer. Clean conditions with cross-off wind, but the swell is a weak 5 ft from the East with only 7 seconds of period—combined energy of 291. It’s labelled marginal, but honestly, it’s a long shot. Afternoon goes back to poor with a cross-chop.

Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are a write-off. Swell drops to 4 ft – 4 ft, period is a sluggish 6 seconds. Winds are cross or cross-off, but the quality is poor or marginal at best.

Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th show some consistency in the swell – around 5 ft to 5 ft from the East, period staying short at 7 seconds. Mornings are clean with cross-off winds, but afternoons get messy with cross-shore wind and chop. Combined energy creeps up to 277 on Saturday morning. Still, the report is "poor surf conditions." For a beginner-friendly reef, the short period will make it walled up and unexciting.

The first week of September doesn't get much better. Monday the 31st sees a bit more size—6 ft from the East at 7 seconds, energy climbing to 377 in the morning. That’s the biggest we see, but cross-off winds and that short period still mean poor quality. It’s simply not a standout.

The only time the score creeps up is on a handful of mornings—like Wednesday the 2nd, Friday the 4th, and Sunday the 6th—where the forecast shifts to "marginal." That’s the best it gets. Those mornings are clean with cross-off winds, swell around 5 ft to 5 ft from the East, period at 7 seconds. The 4th of September afternoon is also marginal, with a clean cross-off wind. But none of these are worth getting excited about. The energy is moderate at best.

The very end of the window, Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th of September, brings back the 6 ft swell and energy over 350 in the mornings. Again, cross-off winds keep it clean, but the period is a weak 7 seconds, and the report is poor or just marginal.

There’s no true standout here. The best bet would be one of those marginal mornings with clean conditions—maybe Wednesday the 26th of August or Sunday the 6th of September. But even then, it’s a long paddle for small, weak, short-period waves. If you are a beginner wanting to get wet, it'll be soft and ankle to knee high. For anyone else, it’s a skip. This setup honestly looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a surfer with a paddle board.

Rusty.

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