Bicas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s be straight with you. I’ve been staring at the charts for Bicas, and the honest truth is this stretch is looking pretty grim for a surf. We’ve got waves on offer, but they’re mostly junky, wind-blown lines, and the swell window is doing us no favors. The water temp is sitting at about 68°, which is pretty much what you’d expect for this time of year, so at least you won’t be freezing while you’re getting skunked.

The trouble starts on Thursday, August 6th. We’ve got a tiny 1ft swell from the WNW, but a moderate breeze from the NNW is just chopping it up. The energy is weak, coming in at 78, and it’s all just a bit meh. The afternoon brings even more wind, up to 22 mph, and the surf is still poor. Friday the 7th is more of the same – small, onshore slop. It’s not until Saturday the 8th that we see a drop to almost nothing.

The whole first week is just a write-off. The wind is coming from the wrong direction, the swell is too small and short-period, and the waves are closing out for the most part. The combined energy in the water is weak to moderate at best, with a few jumps like on Wednesday the 12th afternoon when we hit 282, but it’s all being wrecked by a fresh onshore breeze. This is a reef break that rarely breaks and is an advanced slab, and with this wave quality, you’d be risking life and limb for nothing.

There’s a slight change on the 15th and 16th where the wind goes a little cross-on, but the surf is still poor. This is one of those stretches where you are better off doing anything else.

If you’re looking for a silver lining, you have to skip ahead a full week. The 20th of August, Thursday morning, sees the wind drop right out – we’re talking glassy conditions. The swell is still weak, a 2ft from the NW at 8 seconds, and the energy is only 64, so it’s not going to be a day of barrels. But the surf, for the first time in over a week, will be clean. This is the standout of the forecast, though I’d be looking at it as a longboard day or a fun logger session. The other tiny window is early on Friday the 21st, with zero wind and a glassy surface, but again we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel at 1ft. The long-range stuff is promising but less certain, and with this much wind, that’s all we can hope for.

Honestly, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of this period. If you just gotta get wet, aim for that glassy morning on the 20th. Otherwise, save your energy.

Rusty.

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