Bouznika Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for Bouznika Plage over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it's a bit of a tough stretch. This spot is a sheltered reef and point, and it's usually a consistent beginner-friendly wave, but the next 16 days are looking pretty flat and messy for the most part. The swell energy just isn't hooking in right.

We're starting off with a real quiet period. From Tuesday the 18th through to the 21st of August, don't even bother. We're talking tiny swell, weak energy, and the wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, onshore. It's just not gonna be worth paddling out for.

Things try to pick up a little around Saturday the 22nd. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the NW, and the energy starts to show some life. But here's the rub – the wind is straight onshore from the NW all day. It's gonna be a bumpy, blown-out mess. That pattern pretty much carries through the rest of the week and into the next. We see the swell height hanging in the 4ft to 5ft range, and the energy levels get into the moderate zone, especially by the 28th and 29th. But the wind just won't cooperate – it's mostly onshore or cross-onshore. It's a frustrating combo because you can see there's some push there, but the surface is gonna be chopped up.

Now, if we squint and look way out to the end of the forecast, there is one window that gets the eyebrows raised. Check out Friday the 28th of August. That morning, we've got a 5ft NW swell with a decent 8-second period. The combined energy is pumping, so there's some proper grunt behind it. But the real story is the wind. It's a light NNE breeze, and the data calls it a "cross" wind, with "light cross-shore with small crossing wind ripples." That means it's going to be glassy and clean, holding the lines open. For a sheltered reef and point break like Bouznika, that's as good as it gets. A NW swell is right in its optimum direction, so it should wrap in nicely.

That morning of the 28th is the standout. It's still a solid size for a learner spot, but the quality is going to be there. The Saturday and Sunday mornings after that also look promising with lighter cross-shore breezes and solid 5ft swell, but Friday the 28th morning is the pick of the litter. Just be aware, the water temp is doing its normal thing for the time of year.

The rest of the period is just a waiting game for the wind to play nice. For the most part, this setup looks more interesting for a kite than a surfboard, given the onshore wind and building swell. But keep an eye on that Friday morning – it could be a beauty.

Rusty.

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