Tiririca
Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil · Beach break
Local time — · Sunrise 04:58 · Sunset 17:44
Reading the ocean.
SWELLRADAR is requesting a verified marine run for Tiririca.
Spot intelligence.
Tiririca is the compact, powerful beachbreak near Itacaré, not a blanket recommendation for all of the town's surf beaches. Local guidance warns of cross currents toward the rocks and much greater difficulty as the breaking surf grows. It is not a beginner profile.
Profile source · Itacaré Surf · EasyDrop local guidanceProfile sources & limits
Reviewed 18 Oct 2026 · not observation-validated
Published guides reviewed by SWELLRADAR, not validation against measured breaking waves. Direction axes and relative tide bands are qualitative ranking inputs, not surveyed geometry. Existing offshore-model height bands are retained, not converted from reported wave-face heights. Missing or conflicting direction/tide guidance contributes no directional/phase bonus. Offshore sample points are not takeoff or reef-depth measurements. Local ability warnings refer to observed breaking-wave size, so they are not converted into an offshore-height threshold. The WSW wind axis follows the forecast guide; the reviewed local safety text supplies no preferred tide phase.
- Itacaré Surf · EasyDrop local guidance
Tiririca mechanics, cross currents toward rock margins and increasing ability requirements
- Surf-Forecast · Tiririca guide
E swell, WSW offshore wind, left/right beach peaks and rip hazards
Source-informed axes
Swell axis E · 90°
Offshore wind from WSW · Intermediate profile
Wave
Short, hollow lefts and rights
Sandbars between rocky headlands
Swell window
E–SE · E focus
0.7–2.0 m offshore ranking band
Clean wind
WSW · light offshore
Applied to wind scoring
Tide window
Bank-specific · no tide bonus
No tide phase affects scoring
Field guide
Read the break.
Character · setup · local read
Field guide
Read the break.
Character
01Tiririca is defined by short, hollow lefts and rights over sandbars between rocky headlands. The shape can change with swell angle, period and the active section, so the live score should always be paired with a visual check from shore.
Best setup
02E–SE · E focus swell, wsw · light offshore and bank-specific · no tide bonus form the profile baseline. SWELLRADAR retains 0.7–2.0 m as an offshore-model ranking band, not a measured local surf limit or a breaking-wave prediction.
Lineup read
03Choose a peak that matches your experience and reassess it as tide and crowd change. Pay particular attention to cross currents toward rocks, fast shorebreak, heavy crowd. Local signs and advice always take priority.
Know before you paddle
Live conditions and local advice always override this profile.
Optional community layerRecent surfer reportsVoluntary and potentially incomplete. Not used for the forecast or Surf Score.
The break
Beach break
Intermediate. Works best with E–SE · E focus swell.
Timing
WSW · light offshore
Bank-specific · no tide bonus. Re-check local observations and the lineup before you paddle out.
Data note
Model data unavailable
SWELLRADAR withholds numerical conditions, scores and surf windows until a quality-checked marine forecast is available.