Almanarre Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what we’ve got here. To be honest, mate, it’s not looking like much for the next couple of weeks at Almanarre. We’re staring down a long, flat spell with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The first real surfable wave doesn’t show up until *Monday the 7th of September*, and even then it’s a bit ordinary. That’s a solid week or more of nothing.

Right from the start, on the morning of Friday the 28th of August, there’s only about 0.7ft of swell with a period around 5 seconds, and the combined energy is a tiny 3 – basically nothing. The wind is offshore and clean in the morning, but the wave just isn’t there. It stays like this for days, with tiny little 1ft to 2ft waves and poor surf conditions right through to the end of August. The weekend is a write-off: Saturday the 29th has a moderate cross-onshore wind making things choppy, and Sunday the 30th is clean but tiny.

Into the first week of September, the story doesn’t change. We bounce between 0.7ft and 1ft swells, with most days seeing combined energy below 10. A few mornings have good, clean conditions, like Tuesday the 1st and Thursday the 3rd with light offshore or glassy wind, but the swell just isn’t there to ride. Thursday afternoon the 3rd goes completely flat and glassy – pretty to look at, but not a wave to be had.

Finally, on Monday afternoon the 7th of September, we get a tiny glimmer: a 3ft swell from the west with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy bumps up to 64, and with a light offshore breeze, the surf report says it’s clean. The catch? The wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – I’d call it a small, weak little wave for a patient soul. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but don’t get your hopes up.

For the rest of the second week into mid-September, we go nearly flat again. The 11th and 12th of September show strong offshore winds – 18 to 25 mph – which would be great if there was any swell, but we’re looking at 0.3ft and combined energy of just 1 or 2. The wind is so strong and the waves so tiny, it’d be hard work for no reward.

Honestly, for this stretch, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing if you’re desperate for something on the water. There’s just not enough coming through for a decent surf. Keep an eye on the charts – flat spells like this don’t last forever, and a change could show up later.

Rusty.

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