Anglet - Marinella Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The next couple of weeks are pretty quiet around here, so don't get your hopes up for any kind of epic run. For the first week or so, conditions are mostly ordinary, with small, weak swell and funky winds. It’s looking like a bit of a waiting game.

Anglet - Marinella (Anglet-Marinella) is the only spot on the radar, but it’s a tough ask at the moment. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

We kick off on Thursday the 30th of July with a tiny 2ft swell from the NW, period a short 8 seconds. The combined swell energy is weak (65), and with a light onshore breeze, it's just not happening. That theme carries right through the weekend and into the start of August. Small, weak swells, cross-onshore winds, and poor surf conditions. There’s a glassy moment on Tuesday the 4th of August with a light northerly breeze making things look clean, but the swell is only 1.0ft. It’s pretty, but not surfable.

The first real glimmer of hope doesn’t show up until Saturday the 8th of August. The morning session offers a clean, cross-offshore breeze with a 2ft swell from the WNW. It’s small, and the waves will be tiny, but at least it’s clean enough to get wet and catch a few. However, the afternoon on the same day sees a spike in swell to 3ft from the WNW, with combined energy jumping to moderate (161). The problem is the wind swings onshore and becomes moderate, turning things choppy and messy. That’s a real shame.

Sunday the 9th of August has the biggest swell of the whole run, 4ft from the WNW, but again the wind is onshore and the period is short (8 seconds), so the quality is poor. Combined energy is moderate (158), but it won't feel like it.

The rest of the second week fades back into small, weak conditions with onshore or cross-onshore winds. Nothing really stands out as a good option, except maybe the clean, glassy conditions on Thursday morning the 13th of August, but the swell is only 1.0ft. You’d be chasing ripples.

Honestly, the standout moment, if you can call it that, is the morning of Saturday the 8th of August. It’s the only time we get clean wind with any sort of swell at all. It’s a beginner’s wave, but at least it won’t be a washing machine. For everyone else, it’s a lean two weeks.

Rusty.

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