Surf Forecasts:
Ilbaritz - Bora Bora surf forecast from 11 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 11 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period, NW swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 8PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period, WNW swell with 194 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 11 Jul, 11AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with NW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Ilbaritz - Bora Bora this week:
The surf forecast for Ilbaritz - Bora Bora over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 11) at 11AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 12s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Ilbaritz - Bora Bora in the next 16 days are 1.1m 9s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 8PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 11AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 11AM (Sat 11th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 8PM (Sun 12th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Ilbaritz - Bora Bora over the next 16 days.
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ for the next couple of weeks.
Straight up, it’s a rough stretch ahead for Ilbaritz - Bora Bora. This is a reef break that’s fairly consistent, exposed to W swell, and likes an optimum W direction. But for the vast majority of this 16-day window, conditions are just plain ordinary or poor. The first real glimmer of surfable waves comes on Saturday morning, July 11th. We’ve got a small 2ft NW swell with a period of 9 seconds, and the wind is a light cross-off from the ENE at 3 mph. That’s clean, but the wave energy is weak (112), and it’s really just a small, so-so wave. Even then, the afternoon goes sour with a 12 mph NNE breeze messing it up. The water temp is a whopping 76°, which is 7° warmer than normal for the time of year – that’s way out of the ordinary, a real anomaly for the South Pacific.
Then we go into a long, depressing gap. From Sunday the 12th morning (a tiny 2ft with offshore E wind, but still scored as ordinary) right through until Wednesday July 22nd, nearly every session is a write-off. We get onshores, cross-onshores, tiny 0.7ft to 1ft lumps, and periods as low as 4 or 5 seconds. It’s just not worth paddling out. Kite surfers might eye up some of the windier afternoons, but for paddle surfing? Forget it.
Now, the one true standout in this whole outlook is Wednesday morning, July 22nd. That’s over a week and a half away, so take it with a grain of salt, but it has potential. The swell kicks up to 4ft from the NNW with a 7-second period, and the combined energy jumps to moderate (196). The wind is light cross-off from the NE at 3 mph. That’s clean and surfable. It’s still a short-period swell, so not the most powerful, but with the offshore wind and that bump in size, this is easily the best the window has to offer. After that morning, the winds shift cross-on again and it’s back to poor conditions through to the end of the forecast on July 26th.
So, to be honest? There’s only one real session to circle on your calendar: the morning of Wednesday July 22nd. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or just plain flat. This is a pretty grim run, but it’s a reef break, and when the swell and wind line up, it can turn on. This isn’t that time, except for that one morning.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 34°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | NW 11 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 5 | WNW 7 | NW 6 | WNW 6 | NW 5 | NW 4 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 |
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 kJ | 75 | 60 | 51 | 61 | 55 | 64 | 120 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 32 | 43 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | on | on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 2:32PM3.26m | 3:07AM3.32m | 3:34PM3.50m | 4:09AM3.50m | 4:31PM3.75m | 5:04AM3.66m | 5:23PM3.96m | 5:55AM3.75m | 6:12PM4.09m | 6:42AM3.77m | 6:59PM4.11m | 7:28AM3.70m | 7:45PM4.02m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:08AM0.76m | 8:43PM0.63m | 9:11AM0.60m | 9:45PM0.39m | 10:08AM0.42m | 10:41PM0.15m | 11:00AM0.25m | 11:33PM-0.02m | 11:49AM0.14m | 00:22AM-0.09m | 12:35PM0.09m | 1:09AM-0.07m | 1:21PM0.14m | 1:55AM0.06m | |||||||
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 | 6:35 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:46 | — | — | 9:46 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 9:43 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | NW 9 | WNW 7 | NW 6 | WNW 6 | NW 5 | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | NNW 5 | WNW 10 | NNW 5 | WNW 6 | N 4 | WNW 6 |
| kJ | 75 | 55 | 51 | 61 | 55 | 37 | 120 | 58 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 43 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 12 | NW 11 | N 4 | NNW 4 | N 4 | — | — | NW 8 | NNW 6 | W 5 | NW 7 | WNW 11 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WNW 9 | — | WNW 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 |
| kJ | 37 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 8 | NNW 8 | W 12 | W 8 | NW 7 | N 7 | N 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | NW 3 | NW 4 | — | NNW 5 | — | NNW 5 | WNW 5 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 15 | — | 12 | 32 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 91 | 91 | 351 | 415 | 564 | 496 | 494 | 586 | 496 | 552 | 559 | 540 | 540 | 1047 | 200 |
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