Surf Forecasts:
Cap Frehel surf forecast from 12 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period, NE swell with 195 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Cap Frehel this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Cap Frehel in the next 16 days are 1.7m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 2AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 6s period and expected on Monday (Jul 13) at 11AM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 2AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Cap Frehel over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, this is Rusty, and I’ve taken a hard look at what’s on the table for Cap Frehel over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you—it’s a pretty grim stretch.
The overall picture is mostly flat, with a lot of onshore wind. There are no real standouts here, and the first real sniff of anything surfable doesn’t even show up until Thursday, July 23rd. That’s about a ten-day gap with no recommendations. A real bummer.
Starting off, Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th are write-offs. Tiny swell, messy wind, and the combined energy is pitiful—just 1 to 77 (weak energy). Wednesday the 15th through to Saturday the 19th is the same sad story: small waves, onshore or cross-onshore winds, and energy barely cracking 20. Just a lot of choppy, weak junk.
We finally get a little flicker of hope on Thursday, July 23rd. The morning at Cap Frehel (reef) shows a tiny 3 ft swell from the WNW with a period of 7 seconds, but the wind is a light cross-offshore from the ENE. That’s the cleanest it’s gonna get. Combined energy is moderate at 59. It’s surfable, but barely. The afternoon turns choppy again, so the morning is your only window.
After that, it’s back to poor conditions through the 24th, 25th, and 26th. The wind is onshore and fresh, the swell is small and weak.
The last chance in the window is Monday, July 27th and Tuesday, July 28th. Monday morning shows a 3 ft swell from the WNW with a period of 10 seconds, but it’s cross-onshore, so it’s messy. The energy is getting stronger—163 (moderate energy) on Monday morning. Tuesday morning, July 28th, is the best of a bad lot: a 3 ft swell from the WNW, 9-second period, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the ENE. The combined energy is 127 (moderate energy). It’s clean and surfable, but still very ordinary.
Honestly, there’s nothing here to get excited about. If you’re desperate, the mornings of July 23rd and 28th are the only times you might get a limp, clean wave. The reef setup at Cap Frehel usually needs a proper swell and this just isn’t it. The water temperature isn’t mentioned, but with this lack of swell, it hardly matters.
Stay tuned, forecasts can change. But right now, I’d leave the board in the van.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Tue night, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Sun night, light winds from the NE by Tue morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | W 8 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | W 12 | N 5 | NNE 4 | WNW 10 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | NW 3 | W 6 | WNW 6 | NW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 195 | 1 | 75 | 115 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:47AM9.39m | 7:12PM9.85m | 7:41AM9.90m | 8:03PM10.38m | 8:31AM10.27m | 8:51PM10.72m | 9:18AM10.42m | 9:37PM10.82m | 10:03AM10.35m | 10:21PM10.64m | 10:47AM10.06m | 11:05PM10.21m | 11:30AM9.59m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 1:00AM1.67m | 1:29PM1.56m | 2:01AM0.99m | 2:25PM1.02m | 2:53AM0.42m | 3:14PM0.61m | 3:41AM0.08m | 4:00PM0.43m | 4:25AM0.02m | 4:43PM0.50m | 5:08AM0.24m | 5:24PM0.80m | 5:48AM0.70m | 6:04PM1.28m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — |
 | 10:09 | — | — | 10:08 | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 10:07 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 10:05 | — | 10:04 |
mm | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 |
Feels °C | 18 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NNE 6 | N 9 | W 13 | NNE 5 | W 11 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 10 | NW 3 | W 9 | — | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 6 | WNW 6 | NW 6 |
| kJ | 3 | 94 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 8 | — | — | W 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | NW 8 | W 8 | NW 8 |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 6 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | — | NNE 5 | NE 5 | — | N 5 | NNE 4 | NNE 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | — | N 2 |
| kJ | 195 | — | 75 | 115 | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 591 | 14 | 586 | 276 | 180 | 279 | 164 | 276 | 268 | 136 | 164 | 179 | 136 | 164 | 179 | 136 | 134 | 258 | 136 | 89 | 134 |
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