Boucau Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s break down Boucau over the next couple of weeks. It’s a bit of a slow burn, honestly. The water is sitting at a warm 76°F, which is much warmer than usual for the time of year — feels great, but the waves are gonna test your patience early on.

Tuesday the 25th kicks off with rain showers and a tiny 2ft swell out of the WNW with a period of just 4 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 25 — basically nothing. Wind is onshore and messy. Total write-off. Wednesday the 26th starts glassy with no wind, but the swell is only 1ft from the NW with combined energy of 43. Clean but flat. By Wednesday afternoon there’s a light cross-off breeze and a 1ft WNW swell — a longboard day if anything. Thursday is similar, glassy morning with 1ft, then a 3ft push in the afternoon but with a cross-shore wind that musses it up.

Friday the 28th jumps to 5ft from the WNW, combined energy hits 304 (solid moderate energy), but wind is onshore or cross-onshore all day. Waves will be lumpy and unsatisfying.

Saturday morning the 29th is the first real highlight. Swell holds at 5ft from the NW with a 9-second period, combined energy of 388, and the wind swings offshore from the east at just 3 mph — glassy, clean faces. Boucau is an exposed beach, and that offshore breeze will hold the waves up nicely. Crowds are listed as “sometimes,” so expect a few others out, but that’s fine for a Saturday morning with clean 5ft surf. Not too big, not too small. This is the pick of the first week.

Sunday morning the 30th is glassy again but the swell drops to 4ft with combined energy of 171. Surfable, but nothing special. Monday the 31st and Tuesday the 1st of September both have early offshore winds, with Tuesday morning looking best: 4ft from the WNW, 10-second period, combined energy of 315, and clean offshore breeze from the east. That’s another good session mid-week.

Wednesday the 2nd of September morning is also a beauty: 5ft from the NW, 9-second period, combined energy of 343, and gentle offshore wind from the east at 9 mph. Clean lines and plenty of push. The afternoon swell bumps to 5ft with a longer 11-second period and combined energy of 615 (strong energy), but the wind swings cross-shore and adds some chop. That morning session is the second real standout.

The second week fades. Thursday the 3rd of September has onshore winds ruining 4ft. Friday the 4th is mixed marginal and poor. Saturday the 5th of September the swell drops to 2ft with combined energy of only 68 — tiny. The following week is mostly onshore, messy, or too small. There’s a 5ft pulse on Monday the 7th but with straight onshore wind at 19 mph, it’ll be a foamy mess. Not worth it.

Bottom line: skip the first few days unless you’re just floating. The standouts are Saturday morning the 29th of August and Wednesday morning the 2nd of September — clean offshore wind, solid 5 to 5ft swell from the NW, and good energy. Everything else is too small, too windy, or too chopped. The second week has size but the wind blows it out. If you’re into kite surfing, the onshore afternoons with 5ft+ might be fun, but for paddle surfing, get your mornings sorted.

Rusty.

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