Almanarre Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s break down what’s cookin’ for Almanarre over the next couple of weeks, but I gotta tell ya, it’s a rough stretch. We’re lookin’ at a whole lot of nothin’ for a long while.

The first bit of anything even resembling a wave doesn’t show up until way late. We’re talkin’ over a week of flat or near-flat conditions, with cross-onshore or onshore winds messin’ up what little is there. The water temp is about what you’d expect for this time of year, nothin’ unusual.

A few early mornings, like Sunday, August 2nd, the wind goes offshore from the east and cleans things up, but with a tiny 0.3m swell from the WSW and a weak period of 4 seconds, you’re lookin’ at a lake. Not worth the wetsuit.

Around August 5th, we get a little bump. Wednesday the 5th morning has glassy conditions, a light north wind, and a 0.6m west swell (period 5 seconds, combined energy 23 – weak). It’s clean but tiny. That afternoon the swell picks up to 1.3m from the west (period 6 seconds, combined energy 107 – moderate), but the wind goes cross-shore from the south, makin’ it a bit bumpy. Still ordinary.

The only day that even gets a nod is Sunday, August 9th afternoon. Forecast shows a 1.2m swell from the west, period 5 seconds, combined energy 71 (weak to moderate), with a clean cross-offshore breeze from the southeast. The report says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – that’s the best we got in 16 days, and it’s not sayin’ much. The swell is weak, period is short, and while it’s clean, it ain’t special.

After that, Monday the 10th afternoon brings a bigger 1.6m west swell (period 6 seconds, combined energy 158 – moderate), but a strong 30 km/h onshore wind from the west blows it all out. That’s kite-surfing weather, not paddle surfing. The rest of the forecast just goes downhill with strong winds and barely any swell.

Bottom line: there’s no standout here. If you’re itchin’ for a session, the cleanest option might be that Sunday the 9th afternoon. Almanarre gets crowds sometimes, so you might have company, but the waves ain’t gonna be worth fightin’ for. The setup just ain’t there for this period.

Rusty.

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