Anglet - Le Club Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what we've got for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I’ve got to be straight with you—this is a tough stretch. For the next two weeks, it’s looking mostly flat or junky. There’s no real swell to get excited about, and the wind is often working against us. We’re looking at a long gap of poor conditions, so don't hold your breath for any magic sessions.

It all kicks off on Friday the 3rd of July, but honestly, that first day is a write-off. We’ve got a 4ft NW swell with 11 second period and a combined energy of 375 (moderate), but a strong onshore NW wind at 6 mph is just chopping it all up. The water temp is sitting at 75°, which is a whopping 7° warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s very unusual.

Saturday the 4th is no better, with similar onshore wind and dropping swell. We get a tiny window on Sunday the 5th with a cleaner morning: the swell drops to a feeble 2ft, but the wind goes glassy with a NNE breeze at 3 mph. It’s surfable but very ordinary. That’s about the best we see for the first week. The rest of the first week and into the second is a mess of small, weak swell (energy mostly under 100, which is weak) and onshore or cross-onshore winds.

There’s a flicker of hope on Monday the 13th of July. The morning is glassy, calm wind, with a 2ft WNW swell. It’s still small, but clean. Then again on Tuesday the 14th morning it’s glassy with the same tiny 2ft wave. And Wednesday the 15th morning? Same thing – a glassy 2ft WNW swell with 121 (moderate) energy. These mornings offer the cleanest conditions of the whole outlook, but the waves are tiny.

The only time the swell tries to push above 4 feet again is on Saturday the 18th of July, with a 4ft NW swell, period 9 seconds, and a combined energy of 313 (moderate). But again, the wind is up, blowing cross-onshore, and the wave comment says “poor surf conditions.” It’s just not lining up.

So, for the standout? There isn’t a true one. If you had to pick, the glassy mornings around the 13th, 14th, and 15th of July at Anglet - Le Club are your best bet for clean, small surf. It’s a beach and jetty setup, exposed to the NW, with an optimum swell from the NW. It’s fairly consistent, but this forecast is just not delivering. Crowds are often a factor here, but with surf this small, it might not be as busy. Still, for a real surfer, it’s slim pickings.

Hang in there. It can’t stay this way forever, and forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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