Anglet - Les Dunes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here with the full outlook for Les Dunes in Anglet. We’ve got a run of days ahead with some windows of clean surf, but we have to wade through a bit of chop to get to the good stuff.

The overall pattern shows a persistent north-west swell hanging around, but the wind is the real story. For the next few days, it’s mostly onshore or cross-shore, making a mess of things. The water is sitting at 75°, which is a full 5° above the norm for this time of year – that’s seriously warm, you’ll hardly need a wetsuit.

The first decent window comes on Sunday the 30th. Early morning, the wind drops to glassy with clean conditions. The swell is a clean 5 ft from the WNW at 10 seconds, and the combined energy is a solid moderate 421. That’s the best call in this first week. Sunday afternoon, though, the sea breeze kicks in from the NW and it gets choppy and poor.

Monday the 31st is a write-off with cross-onshore wind all day. Tuesday morning the 1st of September is another cracker. The wind swings ENE, giving us a cross-offshore breeze, keeping it clean. Swell drops a touch to 5 ft from the NW but the period holds at 10 seconds, the energy is 384. That’s clean, surfable, and you’ll have it to yourself if you’re early, though crowds are sometimes a thing here.

After that, it winds down. Wednesday the 2nd and Thursday the 3rd are small and weak, with the swell dropping to 2 ft and energy down to 44 on Thursday. Really not worth paddling out.

Now, a real standout shows up on Friday the 4th of September. The early morning is glassy, but the swell is only 3 ft with a very long 15-second period from the NW – energy is 370. That long period means it’ll be clean and have push for its size, but it’ll be walled up and straight at this beach break. Best for a longboard or a funboard.

The real gold is Saturday the 5th of September. Early morning we’ve got a clean 9 mph easterly offshore wind. Swell is a fun 5 ft from the NW with an 11-second period and a strong 568 energy. That is a proper session – clean, offshore, chest to head-high waves. The afternoon goes cross-shore and a bit lumpy, but the morning is the pick of the entire forecast.

The second week is more of a mixed bag. Sunday the 6th is blown out with onshore wind. Monday the 7th has a glassy start with 3 ft waves, but it’s pretty weak. Tuesday the 8th is marginal and mostly poor. Wednesday the 9th is onshore, and Thursday the 10th is tiny, with energy as low as 26.

The very final window shows a bit of promise on Friday the 11th of September. Glassy morning with a tiny 3 ft swell, but check out the period – a massive 16 seconds and 347 energy. This is very long-period groundswell, so it’ll be peaky and clean, but only for a longboard. Saturday the 12th has some size at 5 ft but with onshore wind, it’s blown out.

Overall, the absolute standout is Saturday morning, the 5th of September – that’s your session. The backup is Tuesday morning the 1st of September, and the glassy Sunday the 30th is worth a dawn paddle, too.

Rusty.

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