Belle Ile Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty again, switching over to feet and miles for those who think in inches. So, Belle Ile is looking pretty busted for the next couple weeks. We’ve got a massive dry spell of flat, small, and windy days with nothing worth a second look. The only faint hints of surf arrive in the second week of August, but it’s still nothing to write home about.

Right now, Thursday the 30th of July, we’re looking at a tiny 2 ft swell from the WNW, period a short 8 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 49, and we’ve got a cross-on breeze at 15 km/h. Just choppy, flat junk. Friday the 31st brings a bump to 3 ft but with a 7-second period, still onshore. All zeros on the scoreboard.

The whole first week of August is basically the same story. We get a couple of clean mornings – Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd – with a light offshore breeze from the NE, but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft to 2 ft. Combined energy in the thirties. You’d be better off swimming. The water temp is 20°C, right around average for the time of year.

The first real, tiny window opens on Wednesday the 5th of August morning. It’s glassy, dead calm, with a 3 ft swell from the WSW. The period is only 6 seconds, so it’s weak, but the surface will be clean. The combined energy is low at 61. It’s surfable, but just barely.

Now, for the best day of the whole outlook: Sunday the 9th of August morning. Another glassy calm morning, with a 4 ft swell from the WSW, 7-second period. The combined energy hits a moderate 112. That’s the best you’re gonna get. The wind is dead calm, so the surface will be clean as a whistle. The swell direction isn’t a perfect match for the optimum SW, but it’s close enough. This is the standout, just keep your expectations low on the wave quality.

Monday the 10th of August morning keeps the swell around 4 ft from the W, 8-second period, combined energy 138, but the wind goes cross-on from the WNW, so it gets choppy again. The biggest size comes on Tuesday the 11th of August morning, with a 5 ft swell from the W, 9-second period, and the combined energy jumps to a strong 340. That’s the most powerful day, but the wind is a gentle cross-on from the SW, making it choppy. It’s also getting too big for beginners. For experienced guys, it’s the only day with any real grunt, but it’ll be messy.

After that, it fades back to tiny, weak swell and onshore wind through the end of the outlook. Friday the 14th of August morning has a clean offshore breeze from the NE, but the swell is a tiny 1 ft. Nothing doing.

So, your call. For clean but weak surf, hit the morning of Sunday the 9th of August. For some power despite the chop, try the morning of Tuesday the 11th of August. Otherwise, I’d say give it a miss.

– Rusty

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