Anglet - La Barre Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s look at what we’ve got for the Anglet - La Barre (river/jetty) stretch. The water is sitting at a warm 77°, which is a good 6° warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s pretty unusual and will feel like a warm bath.

The outlook is pretty grim for a solid stretch. There’s no real surf to speak of for the first few days. We’ve got tiny, weak waves with cross or onshore winds messing them up right through the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Honestly, it’s a write-off. The swell energy is in the low double digits (62) or even single digits—barely a ripple.

Wednesday the 26th teases us with a clean morning, but the swell is only 1 ft from the NW, and the energy is still weak (58). It’s surfable but very ordinary.

The first real standout comes early on Thursday morning, August 27th. The wind goes glass with a 3 ft WNW swell and a period of 9 seconds. The combined swell energy hits 158, which is moderate. It’s not huge, but with that glassy surface, it’ll be clean as a whistle. This is the best conditions-to-wave ratio in the first week, so I’d be in the water early.

The swell builds through Friday the 28th, but the wind turns cross-onshore. We see 7 ft to 8 ft WNW swells with energy jumping up to 804 and even 1822—strong to very strong energy. But with a moderate cross-shore breeze and period around 10-11 seconds, this is going to be a messy, choppy beast. That 8 ft is in the "experts only" territory, but the onshore wind makes it a tough paddle. For the average surfer, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than traditional paddle surfing.

After that, the wind stays messy. The best window later on is Sunday morning, August 30th, with a clean offshore breeze (E at 6 mph) and a 4 ft NW swell (period 8 seconds, energy 201). That's moderate energy, clean conditions, and a manageable size for most. A solid, fun morning.

The second week is all poor or marginal. There’s a tiny blip on Wednesday morning, September 4th, with an offshore wind and a 3 ft NW swell (period 10 seconds, energy 138). Clean, but small.

Overall, the only true standouts here are Thursday morning, August 27th for the glassy, clean 3 ft waves, and Sunday morning, August 30th for the clean offshore conditions on a 4 ft swell. The rest of the 16 days is a lot of waiting, with long gaps of nothing worth chasing.

Stay patient, and keep an eye on the long-range stuff—it’s not much, but it could change.

- Rusty

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