La Cicer Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for La Cicer over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, straight off the bat, I gotta be real with you – the outlook for La Cicer is a tough one. The forecast is showing a long stretch of poor surf conditions, with consistent onshore and cross-onshore winds that are going to keep the waves messy and choppy. There’s a lot of energy in the water at times, but it’s not going to translate into clean, rideable waves. The wind is just not playing ball. We’re looking at a blank run for the first week and a half, with no real highlights to get excited about. The water temp is sitting at 73°F with a positive anomaly of 2°F, meaning it’s a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, which is a nice small comfort, but not enough to save the surf.

The first few days, from Tuesday the 14th through to the weekend, we’ve got small swell, mostly around 2 ft to 4 ft, with a weak combined energy (84 to 140). The wind is blowing from the NE and NNE, making it cross-on and choppy. It’s just not worth paddling out.

We start to see a bit more size from Friday the 17th onward, with swell heights climbing to 5 ft to 6 ft, and the combined energy jumping into the moderate 200s and 300s (228 to 319). But the catch is the wind is still onshore or cross-on, keeping it messy. The swell direction is mainly from the NNE, which isn’t great for the optimum direction for La Cicer, which needs a NNW swell to really light up.

By the second week, from the 22nd of July onward, we’re looking at the biggest swell of the period, with heights hitting 7 ft to 7 ft by the 23rd and 24th, and the combined energy getting strong, hitting 497 and 541. That’s a lot of water moving. But again, the wind is not cooperating – mostly moderate breezes from the N or NNE. It’s frustrating because the size is there, but the quality isn’t. The swell period is short, around 7 to 8 seconds, so it’s windswell, not groundswell, meaning it’s going to be lumpy and sectiony.

To be honest, there’s no standout day in this entire 16-day window. The conditions are consistently poor, with the wind and swell direction not aligning. For a beginner break like La Cicer, the size on the bigger days (over 5 ft) is going to be a handful, and the chop will make it even harder. If you’re a kitesurfer, the steady onshore winds and the moderate to strong swell energy might actually look interesting, but for a paddle surfer, this is a write-off.

We’ll have to keep an eye on it, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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