Anse de Cabestan Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. It’s Rusty here, and I’ve got to be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Anse de Cabestan are looking pretty grim. We’ve got a long, flat, and messy stretch ahead before anything even remotely worth paddling out for shows up.

The water temp is sitting at 65°F, which is right about where it should be for this time of year, so at least you won’t be freezing while you’re sitting there staring at nothing.

For the first four days, through the 9th, it’s a write-off. Tiny, weak swell, under 3ft, with period under 8 seconds pushing in from the WNW. The energy is weak, in the 80s and 90s, and the wind is mostly cross or cross-off but the waves just aren’t there. You’d be fighting for a dribble. Not worth the wetsuit.

There’s a slight bump in the energy on the 10th (113) and again on the 12th (155), but the height is still only around 3ft and the winds get messy in the afternoons. The mornings have light cross-off breezes, so the surface might be clean, but it’s still tiny and weak. A real tease.

Then, finally, on the morning of Thursday the 13th, we get a pulse. Swell jumps to 4ft from the west, with a period of 10 seconds and the energy jumping up to 255. That’s the most powerful push we see in this whole run, and with a light northerly cross-off wind, it’s going to be the cleanest, most surfable window we get. It’s your one real standout, but even then, it’s not a classic. After that morning, the wind picks up to 18 mph from the northwest and turns it to chop.

The 17th morning shows some promise with 4ft and period of 9 seconds (energy 234), but that 18 mph cross-off wind in the afternoon will ruin it, and the morning is just labelled as marginal due to tide. That’s your second option, but I’d call it a gamble.

After that, it fades away again. From the 18th onwards, it’s all downhill. The swell drops, the wind goes onshore from the west and southwest, and we’re left with small, choppy, and lumpy junk.

So, to sum it up: there’s a big gap of nothing from now until the 13th. That Thursday morning is your best bet, and it’s only for the early session. After that, it’s a long, slow fade to flat. Keep your expectations low, and maybe wax up the board for the summer doldrums.

Rusty.

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