Anse de Rémire (L'apcat) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s happening for your local stretch, Anse de Rémiire (L’apcat). I gotta be straight with you - we are looking at a long, quiet run on the surf front. The forecast for the next 16 days is pretty much all filling in the "poor surf conditions" box. There’s not a single standout session on the cards. The swell is tiny, the wind is persistently cross or cross-onshore from the east and southeast, and the water’s not getting any cleaner. It’s a real bummer.

From this Friday morning, the 21st of August, we start with waves around 1 ft from the NE, but with an 8-second period and a moderate cross-shore wind from the ESE at 12 mph, it’s just a chopped-up mess. That energy reading is only 53 – weak soup. Things don’t improve through the weekend. We get a little bump to 3 ft on Saturday, but the period drops to a shocking 5 seconds, and the wind stays onshore. That’s basically just bumpy windslop.

The pattern sticks through the whole first week and into the second. The swell remains tiny – mostly 2 ft to 3 ft – and the wind is relentless from the east, keeping everything cross-onshore and choppy. You’ll notice a slight lift in swell energy around the 27th and 28th of August, with values hitting 246 and 228, but that’s still just moderate energy, and the direction is all wrong, putting the wind against the optimum NE swell direction. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no anomaly surprises there.

The only glimmer of something different comes on the 29th of August. The morning shows a 3 ft swell from the NE with a 13-second period – that’s a proper groundswell pulse – and the combined energy jumps to 436. But – and there’s always a but – the wind is still cross-onshore from the ESE. That longer period would give better shape at a reef or point, but here at this exposed beach break, it’s going to be lined up wrong with the wind. It’s still rated “poor surf conditions” for a reason. The following days just fade back to the same nothing.

So, to summarize: we’ve got a solid 16-day stretch with no waves worth paddling out for. The setup is so consistently choppy and small that honestly, if the wind keeps up, this might look more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. It’s one of those runs where you just have to wait it out. Forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a dry spell. Hang in there.

Rusty.

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