Beliche Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks at Beliche. First off, the water temp is sitting at 67°, which is pretty much bang on average for the time of year, so no surprises there when you jump in.

Honestly, the start of the period is a bit of a flat spell with poor conditions. The first few recommendations don't start until Saturday the 4th, but even then, the surf is tiny – we're looking at 2 ft from the WNW with a weak 126 combined swell energy. The saving grace is that by Saturday afternoon the wind goes glassy, dead calm, so the ocean will look like a mirror. It’s surfable but only just, and really only for a longboard or a foiler.

Then we hit a big dry gap from Sunday the 5th all the way through to Friday the 10th. That’s nearly a full week of poor surf conditions with negligible swell heights under 2 ft. Not worth paddling out for.

Things start to get a bit more interesting on Saturday the 11th. We get a jump in swell to 7 ft from the NW, but the period is short at 8 seconds. The combined energy reads a strong 586, so there’s plenty of water moving. The problem is the wind is howling offshore from the NNW at 22 mph. That’s fresh and clean, but it’s going to be a serious battle to get out the back, and for only experts. It stays big and windy right through until Tuesday the 15th, with swell peaking at 8 ft on the 12th. The wave quality scores are all flagged as poor or marginal in the data, likely because that short-period swell and fierce wind will make it choppy and hard to manage. For any average punter, that's a kite session, not a paddle session.

If I had to pick one true standout, it’d be the window on Saturday the 11th morning. That 7 ft NW swell is the biggest we’ve seen, and the offshore wind will hold the faces up. It’s a real grunt session for the experienced crew. For the less confident, the tail end of the run on Thursday the 16th morning sees the swell drop to 5 ft from the NNW, still with a fresh offshore wind. It’s a little cleaner and more manageable than the days before.

By the second week, from Sunday the 19th, the swell fades back down to tiny 3 ft and under, and that’s about it for the forecast window.

The standout for sure is the 11th of July morning for the experts. Get on it if you’ve got the arms for it.

Stay salty.
Rusty.

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