Anglet - Les Sables d'Or Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cooking for the next couple of weeks at Anglet - Les Sables d'Or.

Honestly, it’s a pretty grim picture for most of this outlook. We're looking at a long stretch of poor conditions before anything worth paddling out for shows up. The first real chance to get wet isn’t until the morning of Monday the 28th of July.

The water here is sitting at a very unusual 77°, which is a massive 7° warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a real treat if you’re caught without a spring suit, but it’s been the only positive for a while.

So, for the first few days, forget it. The 26th and 27th are a write-off with onshore slop and the swell being too messy. The first glimmer of hope comes on Monday morning the 28th of July. The wind will be light offshore from the East, promising clean conditions. We’ve got a 4ft swell from the NW with a period of 10 seconds, giving us moderate combined wave energy (362). The break is exposed to the west-southwest, so this northwesterly groundswell should wrap in okay. It’s a fairly consistent spot, but keep in mind crowds are sometimes a thing here, so don’t expect solitude. This window is the standout, albeit a modest one. The afternoon gets a bit sideshore, so make the most of the morning.

Then it’s back to the doldrums. From Tuesday afternoon the 28th right through the 29th, 30th, 31st, and into the start of August, it’s all poor surf or tiny, chopped-up waves. The 1st and 2nd of August are the same story – small, weak, onshore junk. We even hit a patch of glassy, near-flat conditions on the morning of Monday the 3rd of August, with a pathetic 1ft swell.

There’s a brief tickle on the morning of Thursday the 6th of August with some small but cleaner waves from a light offshore breeze, but the swell is tiny (3ft) and short period (6 seconds). Not worth the drive unless you’re desperate. Friday the 7th of August morning looks similar – glassy, but barely any power (3ft, 7 seconds).

Now, here’s where it gets a bit wild, but not in a good way for paddle surfing. On Saturday the 8th of August, a big pulse of swell arrives. We’re talking a 10ft NW swell with a long 11-second period, and the combined energy is very strong (1815). The problem? The wind is howling onshore from the west-southwest at 16 mph, turning it into a complete washing machine. At this size, it’s strictly for experts anyway, but the wind makes it dangerous and ugly. This setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than for a standard paddle session. Sunday the 9th of August hangs on with some size (6ft) but it’s still cross-onshore and choppy.

After that, we fade back into small, weak, and onshore slop through the 10th of August and beyond. Unless forecasts change, the only real window to pop on a board is that Monday morning the 28th of July.

Rusty.

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