Boucau Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. It’s been a bit quiet on the surface, but I’m seeing a proper pulse of energy coming our way, and you’re gonna want to be ready for it.

The next couple of days, Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th, are dead. We're talking flat, weak surf with the energy down in the low hundreds [20, 196, 213]. The wind is all over the place and onshore. No point even bringing your board. You’d be better off going for a run.

Things start to stir on Saturday the 29th. The morning is the pick, with clean, glassy conditions and a light offshore breeze. The swell jumps to a solid 6ft from the WNW, and the energy is really ramping up, hitting 627 [combined energy]. This is the first standout. It’s got some punch, so it’s for the experienced crew. Boucau is fairly consistent and exposed, so it’ll be handling all that power. The afternoon breeze will chop it up, but that morning session will be worth it.

Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st both have clean mornings with smaller, fun waves around the 4ft mark, but nothing special. The pattern is clear: clean morning, choppy afternoon. Keep an eye on the wind.

After the 1st, it fades out. Early September looks weak, with small surf in the mornings and the energy dropping way down into the tens and forties [44, 53, 61]. It's just ordinary.

But here’s the good news. The long-range forecast is showing a serious pulse of groundswell for the first full week of September. We’re talking Saturday the 5th looking clean, but it’s Sunday the 6th that’s the big one. The swell is forecast at a solid 5-6ft from the NW with a 11-second period [combined energy 663], and the wind is looking offshore and clean. This is the window. This is the swell you wait for.

This longer-period groundswell with clean, offshore wind is going to make Boucau fire. It’s an exposed beach break, but this kind of energy will line it up and give it some proper shape. It’s over a week away, so we can’t book the day off work just yet, but this is looking like the pick of the entire forecast. The Monday morning after that also looks good with similar size and clean conditions.

And the water is warm—about 75°—which is a few degrees warmer than average for this time of year. You’ll be comfortable in a shorty.

So don’t waste your time on the junk at the start. Get your board ready for the end of the run. Saturday the 29th for a warm-up, but Sunday the 6th of September is the one that’s got my attention. Be there.

Rusty out.

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