Itapema - Norte Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s be straight with you. I’ve had a good look at the charts for the Itapema region, and I gotta tell ya, it’s a grim stretch ahead. We’re looking at a solid 16-day window with basically nothing to get excited about. The ocean is going to be flat, or close to it, for the vast majority of that time.

We start off this Monday the 17th with nothing. Zero. It’s just poor surf conditions straight through the rest of the week. We get a few knee-high dribbles on Tuesday the 18th, maybe 2.6ft of windswell from the north with a weak 4-second period. The energy is pathetic, sitting at 22 for the strongest part of the day. It’s not really surfable, just lumpy and weak.

Then it just dies again. From Wednesday the 19th right through to the 30th of August, the forecast is a big old zero. There are days with clean, glassy conditions - Friday the 21st afternoon looks glassy with a light W wind, and the Sunday morning of the 23rd is glassy too. But a flat glassy ocean is just a lake, not surf. These long gaps with no swell are the kind of thing that makes you consider taking up golf.

There’s a tiny flicker of life right at the end of the period. On Monday the 31st of August, into the afternoon, we finally see a bit of a pulse. It’s still small—only 2.3ft—but the period is a weak 4 seconds, so it’s going to be soft and gutless. The energy is a paltry 18. Even then, it’s still rated as poor surf. Not worth paddling out for unless you’re desperate to get wet.

The only other spot in the guidance is Itapema - Norte. It’s a beach and point set-up that’s fairly exposed, and normally, with a bit of E swell, it could do something. But with nothing on the horizon, it’s just gonna be sitting there, waiting.

Honestly, with this little swell and the wind mostly cross or onshore, the setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There’s just no push to the waves at all.

Hang in there. It can’t stay this poor for long.

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