La Cicer Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here.

Let’s call it how it is: this 16-day window at La Cicer is a total bust. The forecast is screaming “poor surf conditions” from start to finish, so there’s no single day worth circling on the calendar. The pattern is stubborn – a steady northerly breeze, mostly cross-on or onshore, keeps the surface chopped up. The swell is there, but it’s short-period windswell out of the NNE, running between 4 ft and 6 ft, and the period rarely gets above 8 seconds. That’s not the kind of energy that makes a point break like this one work.

From Friday 7th August all the way through to Saturday 22nd August, every single entry is marked as poor. That’s a solid two-week stretch with no real recommendations. The water temp is about 74°, which is average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

The only little blip of extra energy comes on Saturday 15th August, where the combined swell energy hits 491 to 501 (moderate energy), with head-high 6 ft waves from the NNE. But the wind is the problem: cross-on from the north-northeast at 15 mph, making it choppy and messy. The swell period is still short at 7 seconds, so it won’t wrap in clean. For a spot like La Cicer, which is fairly exposed to the swell and prefers an offshore from the NNW, this setup is all wrong for paddle surfing. Honestly, if you’re into kiting, it might be more interesting than for a surfer.

The only other time the wind tries to clean up is on Sunday 16th and Monday 17th August, when it shifts to onshore from the north or NNW, but the swell drops to 4 ft to 5 ft with a period of 8 seconds – still not enough to get stoked about, and the “poor surf conditions” tag stays.

So, bottom line: there’s no standout session here. The whole window is a washout for quality waves. The spot is very consistent, but that doesn’t matter when the conditions are against it. This is one of those stretches where you just sit tight and wait for the forecast to turn.

Rusty.

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