Belle Ile Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – the next sixteen days are looking pretty bleak for Belle Ile. We’ve got a lot of time with almost nothing on the menu, so don’t be in a rush to wax up.

The pattern starts off with a real flat spell. From Monday the 20th right through to the end of the month, we’re staring at tiny little dribbles of swell, mostly 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft with the occasional bump up to 3 ft. The wave energy is laughably weak, mostly sitting in the single digits or low twenties (11 to 24 units). Even when the wind is offshore or clean, like on Wednesday the 22nd morning with a moderate offshore breeze, or Thursday the 23rd morning, it’s just not enough to push anything rideable. These are poor surf conditions, plain and simple. Not a single score above a zero in the whole run.

The first time we see any real energy building is on Tuesday the 28th, with a combined energy reading of 104 units, and then 147 units that afternoon. But the swell is still short-period (6 seconds), bumping up to 4 ft, and the wind is howling onshore from the west-northwest. That’s a messy, choppy mess – not paddle-friendly.

Things do get a little cleaner in early August, believe it or not. The morning of Monday the 3rd of August sees a moderate cross-offshore breeze and a combined energy of 105 units, with a 3 ft swell from the west-northwest at 9 seconds. That’s the best of the whole forecast, but it’s still a long way off, and with only a 3 ft wave, it’s not gonna have much punch. It’s clean, but small.

Honestly, for the whole 16-day window, there’s no standout. The conditions are consistently poor, the swell is tiny, and when the energy does pick up, the wind ruins it. If you’re a kitesurfer, the breezy, choppy afternoons around the 28th and 29th might look interesting, but for a surfer? Don’t bother. Keep your board in the garage.

Rusty.

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