Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Alright, let’s be straight with you – for the next 16 days, Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) is lookin’ mostly like a washout. The surf’s gonna be a hard slog for the majority of the run, with very few windows of decent, clean rideable waves. We’ve got a long quiet stretch from now right through to the middle of the second week, so don’t hold your breath. The combined swell energy is weak to moderate most days, never really getting its act together.

The water temp is sitting at 72°F – which is about normal for this time of year, so at least the wetsuit decision is easy.

Your one true standout is the morning of Wednesday, September 16th. This is the only time worth getting properly excited about. The swell’ll be a solid 5 ft out of the NNW, with a super long 15-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy pushing in. The combined energy hits 917 (strong wave energy), and the wind is glassy, dead calm. That’s a recipe for clean, lined-up waves peeling down that point. The only hiccup is the direction is a little north of the optimum NW, but with that kind of period and glass, it’ll still be the best session on offer. Crowds are possible here often, so get in early. With the swell at 5 ft, it’s fine for intermediates but not too heavy for a confident beginner either.

Before that, the only other sniff is the morning of Thursday, September 3rd. Small swell at 3 ft from the NNW, 8-second period, and glassy wind – but the combined energy is a weak 128 and it’s very ordinary. You’d be scratching for scraps.

From the 4th right through to the morning of the 15th, there’s basically nothing worthwhile. Afternoons are all blown out with onshore or cross-onshore wind and choppy conditions. Some days, like the 7th and 13th, have a bit more energy in the water (323 and 401 combined energy) but the wind is cross or onshore, making a mess of it. On the 13th afternoon the swell period hits 16 seconds and energy goes to 505, but with a 16 mph cross-onshore wind it’s just a messy, blown-out groundswell – more of a kite day than a paddle session.

So yeah, it’s a long, flat, windy run with one absolute gem at the very end. Keep that Wednesday the 16th morning marked, and hope the forecast holds. If the consistency was better, I’d be more stoked, but this is one of those stretches where you wait and wait for one good day.

Rusty.

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