Belle Ile Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. For Belle Ile, the next couple of weeks ain’t looking like much of a show. It’s a long dry stretch with hardly a decent wave to be found for days on end.

Starting from Saturday the 15th of August right through to Friday the 21st of August, it’s mostly small, beat up by the wind, and flat-out frustrating. Saturday morning has some waist-high slop at 3 ft from the WNW with a short 8-second period, but that 20 km/h cross-onshore from the NNW makes it choppy – energy is weak at 122, and it’s labelled poor. Sunday the 16th is even weaker at 3 ft, 7-second period, cross-shore wind, energy down to 78. Monday the 17th is tiny at 1 ft. Tuesday the 18th morning turns glassy (NW wind at 5 km/h) but the swell is a pathetic 1 ft with only 24 energy – not even enough to stand up. Wednesday and Thursday stay poor, though Thursday the 20th afternoon does see a building WNW swell to 4 ft with a longer 10-second period and moderate energy (339), but that onshore wind at 30 km/h ruins it.

Friday the 21st morning gives a little pulse – 3 ft, 10-second period, moderate energy at 220, and a light cross-shore breeze from the NNW – but it’s still only marginal. The best of a bad bunch so far.

Then there’s a short gap into Saturday the 22nd morning, tiny and clean but only 2 ft. Saturday the 22nd afternoon finally shows something – 3 ft, 8-second period, 106 energy, and an offshore breeze from the east at 15 km/h – the comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary.” It’s clean, but short-period and weak.

Sunday the 23rd is clean with cross-offshore winds from the NE at 35 km/h, but the swell drops to 2 ft with a 7-second period – no push. Monday the 24th is more onshore junk.

But late in the window, Tuesday the 25th of August morning stands out. A 3 ft WNW swell, 9-second period, combined energy of 156 (moderate), and glassy conditions with wind from the south at only 5 km/h. Clean lines, waist-high waves, and some shape. Easily the best of the whole run. Water sits at 21°, a touch warmer than normal.

After that, Wednesday the 26th brings a bigger pulse – 4 ft from the west, long 12-second period, strong energy at 416. But it’s cross-onshore from the SW at 20 km/h, so it’ll be messy. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th fade back to glassy mornings with tiny surf. Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th are windy and small.

So the only real window to paddle is Tuesday the 25th morning – glassy, modest, and rideable. Everything else is too small, too windy, or both. The long stretch of weak surf from the start through the 21st is a dry spell, but things can change.

Keep an eye on it,
Rusty

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