# Bahia surf forecast - Yosurf

URL: https://yosurf.app/region/bahia

Bahia brings together 18 tracked surf spots on Yosurf, with wave height, swell period, wind, tide cues and the best session windows for each break.

Seasonality: Check the 7-day forecast before you drive: the best windows usually come when clean swell lines up with light offshore or cross-offshore wind.

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## Spots in Bahia

- [Farol da Barra](https://yosurf.app/spot/farol-da-barra): Bahia; Point left; levels beginner, intermediate; An exposed point below Salvador's lighthouse. A long left on a south swell; watch the rocks in the line-up.
- [Itacarezinho](https://yosurf.app/spot/itacarezinho): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A long beach with inside trenches, outer coral and plenty of current. Long rollers, a longboard and beginner playground.
- [Praia do Forte](https://yosurf.app/spot/praia-do-forte): Bahia; Reef break; levels beginner, intermediate, advanced; A reef split by a channel: a left on one side, a right on the other. Mid to high tide; mind the coral and the rips.
- [Stella Maris](https://yosurf.app/spot/stella-maris): Bahia; Beach break / reef; levels beginner, intermediate; A multi-peak beach northeast of Salvador, edged with natural reef pools at low tide. Best on a south swell.
- [Baduska](https://yosurf.app/spot/baduska): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A right spinning along the sandbanks where the Baía do Pontal meets the sea. It needs a good pulse with some east in it.
- [Engenhoca](https://yosurf.app/spot/engenhoca): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A horseshoe sand cove, fifteen minutes on foot. Fat lefts on a NE swell, ideal for learning.
- [Jardim Atlantico](https://yosurf.app/spot/jardim-atlantico): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A hollow beach break in front of the hotel of the same name, on Ilhéus' Praia Sul. Sand, and it works on all tides.
- [Jeribucacu](https://yosurf.app/spot/jeribucacu): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A sandy rivermouth at the end of a 20-30 minute walk. Rights and lefts, few people, and a paddling channel.
- [Milionarios](https://yosurf.app/spot/milionarios): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The smart end of Ilhéus' Praia Sul. Shifting peaks over sand, gentle and easy to ride.
- [Norte](https://yosurf.app/spot/norte-bahia): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; Ilhéus' most consistent beach: 50 km of low-tide barrels. It works on any east swell and any west-flavoured wind.
- [Pedra da Cachorra](https://yosurf.app/spot/pedra-da-cachorra): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The most consistent beach in downtown Ilhéus. Bigger swells throw up lefts breaking behind the rock.
- [Pontal](https://yosurf.app/spot/pontal): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; An open beach reachable only by boat. Sucky peaks on a SE-S swell and a low incoming tide, rarely crowded.
- [Praia da Avenida](https://yosurf.app/spot/praia-da-avenida): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A town beach along Avenida Soares Lopes. It picks up every swell, and the north end gets bigger on SE swells.
- [Prainha](https://yosurf.app/spot/prainha-bahia): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; Forty minutes of walking through forest. Steep, punchy waves, with lefts off the northern rocks on a NE swell.
- [Sao Jose](https://yosurf.app/spot/sao-jose): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A small beach with room for one peak and a right off the southern rocks. It can get pushy and rippy.
- [Sul](https://yosurf.app/spot/sul): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; The umbrella name for the twelve kilometres of sand south of Ilhéus. Shifting peaks, and reef at times when it's glassy.
- [Tiririca](https://yosurf.app/spot/tiririca): Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; Itacaré's main peak: regular barrels unloading on three banks. The lefts light up on an E-SE swell.
- [Corais](https://yosurf.app/spot/corais): Cacao Coast, Bahia; Beach break; levels beginner, intermediate; A walk from Resende or Concha, on Bahia's Cacao Coast. A fast, tubing peak over dead coral, at low tide on moderate E swells — for experienced shortboarders only.