Anglet - Les Dunes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey crew, Rusty here. Gonna run through the same local menu but in good old feet and miles per hour. It’s a slow burn this time.

The water is a warm 74°, which is way toastier than normal for September, so the wetsuit might feel a bit heavy.

Thursday (3rd September) starts off with nothing. We're looking at a pathetic 2 ft swell from the NW with a bit of offshore wind, but the energy reading is a paltry (32). Friday (4th) is glassy in the morning but still only 2 ft of swell. Not worth getting wet.

There’s one day that’s head and shoulders above the rest. Saturday afternoon (5th September) . The wind goes glassy, the NW swell pumps up to a solid 5 ft with a fat 13-second period. The combined energy hits a beefy (747). That's groundswell with some proper push. For a surfer with a bit of experience, this is the session to circle on the calendar at Anglet – Les Dunes.

Sunday (6th) morning has a decent 5 ft swell but it’s messy and onshore by the afternoon. Monday (7th) drops right back down to 2 ft. The middle of the week from Tuesday (8th) to Thursday (10th) has some clean mornings with 4 ft to 4 ft NW swells and light offshore winds, but it’s not firing.

After a long flat spell from the 11th to the 15th with waves barely reaching 2 ft and constant onshore junk, the forecast picks up again at the end. Wednesday morning (16th September) and Thursday morning (17th September) both show clean 4 ft NW swells with offshore breezes. The Wednesday morning session has an energy reading of (383) and Thursday’s is clean with a 4 ft NNW swell at 10 seconds. These are your best bets in that second week—small but clean.

So here's the word: if you want the best waves of this whole 16-day window, be on the sand for Saturday afternoon (5th September) . If you miss that, aim for those clean mornings on the 16th and 17th.

Rusty.

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