Anglet - Marinella Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let's have a look at what's cooking for Anglet-Marinella over the next couple of weeks or so.

To be straight with you, it’s going to be a pretty testing run for a while. We’re looking at a solid week or more of very small, weak, and messy conditions before any real hope shows up. The water temp is sitting at a very warm 77°, which is a couple of degrees above what you’d normally expect for mid-August, so the ocean feels like a bath, but that doesn't help the surf.

Saturday the 15th kicks off with tiny, weak, close-out slop from the west at just 2ft with a short period. Sunday and Monday don't offer any improvement either. It’s just day after day of poor surf. You’ll see a glassy morning on Tuesday the 18th, but with a 1ft swell the combined energy is a very weak 32, so you’re looking at maybe a knee-high dribble with no push. That calm, offshore wind is a tease. There’s a bit more life on Thursday morning the 20th, with the swell period jumping to 11 seconds and combined energy creeping up to 149. It’s “clean” but only 2ft, so it’s a marginal knee-to-waist high wave at best.

Now, here is the one to circle on your calendar. The standout window is Friday morning, the 21st of August. A proper groundswell fills in from the north-west with a 5ft face and a solid 11-second period. The combined energy jumps to a solid 558, which is a serious bump in power. The wind is light and offshore from the northeast, so the waves should have some real shape to them. For a spot that’s an exposed beach break, a long-period NW swell can sometimes wall up and close out, but at this size, and with that clean wind, it's our best shot by a mile. If you are a confident intermediate, this is the session to target.

Saturday morning the 22nd looks okay too, with 4ft and glassy conditions, a good clean-up wave off the back of the bigger swell.

Beyond that, we have a bit of a lull again. There’s a very distant chance of something cleaner on Tuesday morning the 25th, with an east wind and an 11-second, 3ft NW swell. Then another promising morning window on Wednesday the 26th with a 2ft, 12-second NW groundswell and clean east winds, giving a combined energy of 266. It’s still on the small side, but the period is long, so those points and reefs would like this better than the sandbar at Anglet. Still, it's cleaner than what we have had.

In summary, it’s a long, flat first week. Just wait for Friday the 21st. That's the real deal.

Rusty.

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