Bouznika Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the surf outlook for Bouznika Plage over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a rough run. Every single day, every single session in the forecast is marked as "poor surf conditions." There are no exceptions. The first reading is for Tuesday, the 21st of July, and the pattern doesn’t let up all the way through to Wednesday, the 5th of August.

The core problem is the wind. The optimum swell direction here is NW, but the wind is coming from the north and northeast, blowing cross-onshore nearly the whole time. That’s going to chop things up and keep the surface messy. The swell is mostly small, sitting around 3 ft to 3 ft through the first few days, with a short, weak period of only 6 seconds. The combined swell energy is weak, mostly in the 90s and low 100s (90 to 105). That’s not enough juice to push any quality through the chop.

The water temperature is 75°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only good news.

A little bump shows up around Saturday the 25th of July, with swell heights pushing 5 ft in the morning, period lifting to 7 seconds, and the combined energy hitting 230. Still, the wind is a moderate cross-onshore, so it’s going to be choppy and ugly. That size is starting to get a bit much for beginners, but it’s not clean enough to get excited about.

Sunday the 26th of July has the biggest swell of the whole outlook, with 5 ft from the NW, period up to 8 seconds, and energy readings of 338 in the morning and 372 in the afternoon. That’s the most power we’ll see, but again, the wind is cross-onshore and the wave comment is still "poor." The structure is a reef and point set-up, so with a long period like 8 seconds, it might have some shape, but the wind is going to ruin it.

The last few days of July and into early August are a slow fade. The swell drops back to 2 ft to 4 ft, the period stays short at 6-7 seconds, and the energy is weak again, mostly in the 30s to 100s. The wind never turns truly offshore.

There is not a single standout session in this 16-day window. For a spot that is normally consistent, this is a real bummer of a run. It’s not a blank run because the swell is there, but the quality is just not happening. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer right now. Forecasts can change, and it tends not to stay this poor for long, but for now, I’d save the gas money.

Rusty.

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