Cap Frehel Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer.

Honestly, this is a tough stretch. The water is sitting at 68°, which is a full 5° warmer than normal for this time of year around Cap Frehel – that’s a real standout, but it’s about the only thing that’s standing out. We’ve got a lot of days with hardly any swell to speak of, and what does roll through is getting chopped up by the wind. The energy is weak for the most part, with combined swell energy values barely creeping over 100 on a couple of occasions. For the next week, it’s pretty grim. We see a tiny pulse on the 8th of September Tuesday morning with a 2ft swell from the WNW, but the period is short at 10 seconds and the combined energy is only 79. It’s surfable but very ordinary. There’s nothing else worth paddling out for until we get to Sunday the 13th of September. That morning shows a 3ft WNW swell, but here’s the thing: the period jumps to 11 seconds and the energy climbs to 279 – the most energy we see in the whole outlook. That's a bit of a tease because the conditions are still marginal and you’d be fighting a cross-shore light breeze. It’s a reef break that’s exposed, and the optimum swell direction is from the west, so the direction is okay, but the wind angle is never really clean. Cap Frehel is always crowded, so you won’t be alone even with this average offering.

If you’re dead set on getting wet, the Monday morning of the 14th of September might be your best bet. It’s tiny—just 1ft from the WNW—but we get a light cross-offshore breeze from the south, so the surface will be clean. The energy is low at 49, and the period is a weak 8 seconds. It’s not going to be memorable.

The second week is more of the same: small, onshore, and messy. We see a little bump on the 16th of September Wednesday morning with a 4ft NW swell and 9-second period (energy 182), but the wind is cross-shore, not helping. Then on the 21st of September Monday, there’s a pulse of 4ft from the NNE, but the period drops to a tiny 5 seconds, so that’s just wind chop with an energy of 111. With that short a period, the waves will be crumbly and weak. Honestly, this is looking more like a stretch for kitesurfing than paddle surfing if the wind cooperates at all.

Rusty, out.

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