Sidi Ifni Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the next couple of weeks for the Sidi Ifni zone. It’s a mixed bag, to be honest. The early part of the period has some size, but the wind and the swell quality are going to be working against us most of the time. The real window of opportunity is a specific morning where everything lines up, so we gotta be ready to move when it does.

The first few days are going to be a bit of a struggle. This Friday the 28th morning, there's some chest to head high stuff at Sidi Ifni, coming from the NNW at 6ft, but it’s pretty junky. The wind is light and onshore, so it’s going to be lumpy and lack that clean juice we all want. The energy is weak, around 383, which backs up the average feel. The afternoon doesn't get any better, with conditions deteriorating.

The weekend continues in a similar vein. Saturday the 29th has a bit more size, pushing 7.2ft, but it's still all over the place with onshore wind. The swell energy picks up to 747, so there's some power in the water, but it's not going to be organized. Sunday is more of the same with slightly less size. Honestly, for the next few days, it's a case of watching from the beach and waiting for the wind to drop and swing around for an early glass-off.

And that brings us to the standout. Tuesday morning, the 1st of September. The wind is forecast to go glassy as the sun comes up, and that changes everything. The swell hangs in there at 5.6ft from the NNW, and the energy is a solid 406. This is the one to circle on the calendar. The report says “expect good surf conditions,” and with that kind of clean, glassy surface on a beach and reef set-up like this, it's going to be the pick of the bunch. It won't be huge, but it will be clean and fun. If you can get out there for dawn patrol, you'll be rewarded.

After that, we drop right off. The swell backs down through the rest of the week. Wednesday the 2nd has another pulse of 7.2ft, but it's again marred by cross-onshore winds. The energy is strong at 761, but it’s going to be messy. From the 4th onwards, the size just falls out of the forecast. We're looking at knee to waist high dribble for days. There is an early morning on Saturday the 6th with a long-period swell at 15 seconds, but it’s only 1.3ft, so there’s not enough push to do anything with it.

The second week is pretty bleak for waves. We get a morning on Monday the 7th with glassy conditions and 3ft, but the energy is weak and it’s just going to be small and slow. There's another glassy window on Tuesday the 8th, but it's the same story. The energy drops off to below 100 by the 10th and 11th, meaning very weak surf. It looks like we'll be waiting through a long flat spell for the next proper swell to fill in.

So, the plan is simple. The only real standout is Tuesday morning, September 1st. Get on it if you can, because the surf is going to be tiny for a while after that. For a few days after, it looks more like a kitesurfing zone than a lineup.

Stay stoked.

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