Beliche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your wax and a coffee, let’s talk about Beliche.

Beliche is about as sheltered as a spot gets around here, so it takes a fair bit to get it going. Right now, we are looking at a long, quiet stretch. The forecast kicks off Wednesday 8 July with tiny, weak energy, nothing to even bother paddling out for. This flat spell hangs around through most of the first week. You are looking at a pretty grim run from the 8th right through to the morning of Saturday 11 July – small swell, poor conditions, just not worth the effort.

Finally, things start to breathe a little on Sunday morning 12 July. The wind goes glassy, which is a major win for a sheltered break like this. We’ll see waist-high, 3ft waves from the WNW, with the combined energy reading moderate at 197. It’s not going to blow your mind, but that glassy surface will make for some clean, fun little waves. After that, it backs off again Monday 13 July into Tuesday 14 July, dropping into the below waist-high range.

The real standout, and the best bet in the whole 16-day window, looks to be the morning of Wednesday 22 July. The swell builds again to a solid head-high 6ft, pushing in from the NNW with a moderate combined energy of 371. We’ve got a moderate offshore wind from the north, which will groom those waves nicely. This is about as good as it gets for Beliche in this forecast – proper clean, groomed surf with shape.

But here’s the thing: after that, it holds size but the wind stays howling. By Sunday 19 July afternoon through to Tuesday 21 July, the swell gets up to 5ft – 6ft with strong offshore winds, but those winds are cranking at 25-28 mph. That’s brutal for paddling and makes for a battle just to get out. For most surfers, those days are more of a suffer-fest than a session. The break is a beach and point setup though, so with that much wind and significant swell, honestly, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Water temperature sits at 70°, which is about 1° above average – nothing wild, just a normal warm summer temp for here.

Overall, the first 12 days are mostly flat or weak. Your clear standout is early on Wednesday 22 July for clean, head-high NW swell. Mark that one on your calendar. For the rest of it, keep your expectations low.

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