Cannes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the Cannes stretch for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty flat picture for Cannes. We’re looking at a long, quiet run. The first bit of real surf on offer doesn’t pop up until Thursday the 30th of July, and even then it’s tiny. There’s a small waft of energy (combined energy of 2) with a 1-foot swell from the SW, but the period is only 3 seconds—basically no power. The water is sitting at a warm 82°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so it feels like bathwater. That morning is glassy, but the waves are too small to bother paddling out for.

That same tiny, weak pattern sticks around through the end of July and into early August. Friday the 31st has a little 0.7-foot bump from the SSW, but it’s cross-shore and messy. Saturday the 1st of August sees a slightly cleaner morning with offshore NE wind at 6 mph and a 1-foot SSW swell, but again, it’s not rideable for much. The energy is barely there (combined energy of 3).

From Sunday the 2nd of August all the way through to Monday the 10th of August, we have a big stretch of days with zero surf—no swell showing on the charts. The winds are often light offshore or glassy, which would be sweet if there was any wave to ride, but there isn’t. That’s nearly a week and a half of nothing to get excited about.

There’s a tiny tick upwards around Tuesday the 11th of August. The morning shows a 2-foot SW swell with a period of 4 seconds and combined energy of 11. Winds are light offshore from the NE at 6 mph, so it would be clean. Afternoon picks up to 3 feet from the SW with a period of 4 seconds and energy of 26. That’s the biggest swell of the whole outlook, but it’s still small and short-period—more of a dribble than a proper wave. Wednesday the 12th drops back to 1 feet with a longer 5-second period in the morning (energy of 7), and then a 0.7-foot, 9-second period wave in the afternoon (energy of 9). That longer period suggests a touch of groundswell, but the size is just too small to do much with.

After that, the forecast fades back to flat again from Thursday the 13th onward, with only a tiny 0.3-foot showing on the 13th afternoon and nothing but onshore wind and a risk of thunderstorms by Friday the 14th.

So, the long and short of it is: Cannes is in a drought. There are no standouts here. The best you could do is maybe Tuesday the 11th of August morning for the cleanest conditions on the biggest bit of swell, but that 2 feet is barely enough for a longboard. It’s one of those periods where you’d be better off checking the forecast again in a few days, because it can’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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