Bicas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The forecast for Bicas is a bit of a mixed bag, so bear with me.

Right off the bat, the first few days are pretty ordinary. Wednesday and Thursday are blown out by a fresh cross-onshore breeze, lumpy and messy. The swell is around 6 to 7 feet, but the wind just kills it. Not worth getting wet for anything but a masochist. The energy is moderate, sitting in the 500-600 range, but with that wind, it counts for nothing.

Friday is cleaner in the morning with a light cross-on, but the swell is dropping and it’s looking marginal. Honestly, it’s not until Saturday the 19th that things start to get interesting. We’ve got a proper groundswell coming in from the NW at 5 feet with a long 14-second period. The morning is glassy, absolutely glassy, and the energy is pumping in the 800s. This is the standout of the first week. Bicas, which rarely breaks, is going to light up. It’s an advanced reef, so you need to know what you’re doing, but the conditions will be worth it. The crowds are sometimes a factor, so get in early.

Sunday the 20th and Monday the 21st are still okay, with cross-off winds in the mornings and clean-ish waves, but the swell is backing off. It’s surfable, but nothing to write home about. The energy drops down to the 200-300 range. It’s a good time to work on your turns, but the magic is gone.

Then we hit a bit of a flat spell. Tuesday the 22nd through to the start of the following week is mostly small and onshore, with a lot of poor conditions. There’s a couple of glassy mornings with tiny 3 feet waves, but the energy is weak. It’s a real gap in the action.

Now, here’s the second standout, and it’s a long-range one, so don’t book the trip just yet. But Wednesday the 23rd of September is looking special. The morning is glassy again, and we’ve got a new WNW swell filling in at 4 feet with a 15-second period. That’s a very long period, and the energy is solid in the 800s. This is a point-break type of swell, and Bicas is a reef, so it should handle it really well. It’s going to be clean and lined up. The second week has another decent morning on Thursday the 24th with a 4 feet NW swell at 13 seconds, but the energy isn’t as strong.

After that, the window closes. The end of September and into October is a write-off. The swell fades, the wind gets messy, and the energy readings are weak. There’s a pulse of energy around the 28th September with a 5 feet NW swell and 15-second period, but it’s completely blown out by a fresh onshore. Useless.

So, the best on offer? It’s Saturday the 19th and Wednesday the 23rd. Both are glassy mornings, with solid, long-period swells from the NW and WNW. The first one is more certain being closer, the second is a promising long-range call but less sure. The rest is either marginal or just plain poor.

This is Bicas, remember – it rarely breaks. When it does, you want the conditions right. These two days are your best shots.

Stay salty.

Rusty

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