Cap Frehel Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Cap Frehel. This is a tough one to get excited about. The whole 16-day window looks flat and messy, with nothing even close to a proper surf session. I’m looking at a solid run of poor surf conditions from the start on Friday, July 31st, all the way through to the end. There’s no standout day, no hidden gem, just a lot of onshore wind and tiny waves.

The action, if you can call it that, kicks off on Friday, July 31st, with a weak 3 ft swell from the NW, but the wind is howling 16 mph from the NNW, making it cross-on and choppy. The combined swell energy is only 40, which is weak. It’s a write-off. Saturday and Sunday, August 1st and 2nd, are even smaller, with waves dropping to 1 ft or 2 ft, and the wind is still cross or cross-on. Not worth paddling out.

The next week doesn’t get any better. Monday, August 3rd, has a tiny 1 ft NE swell with a light breeze, but it’s cross-shore, so the shape is poor. The wave energy is just 6. There’s a bit of a long-period swell showing up on Tuesday, August 4th, with a 9-second period from the W, but the swell height is only 0.3 ft and the energy is a pathetic 4. The wind is blowing 16 mph from the WNW, cross-on and choppy. That’s not surf, that’s a washing machine.

From Wednesday, August 5th, through to Thursday, August 13th, it’s more of the same: tiny waves, mostly 0.3 ft to 2 ft, and the wind is either onshore, cross-on, or just not helping. The only glimmer of something clean is on Thursday, August 6th morning, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the ENE, but the swell is still a laughable 0.3 ft with a 11-second period. The energy is 2. That’s a glassy flat spell. Also on Monday, August 10th morning, there’s a clean cross-offshore from the ENE at 16 mph, with a 3 ft NNW swell, but the period is a short 4 seconds and the energy is only 42. The wave state is clean, but the swell is weak and short-period. It’s not going to offer anything.

The only semi-interesting moment comes on Friday, August 14th, and Saturday, August 15th, but even that’s a letdown. On Friday, August 14th morning, the swell bumps up to 4 ft from the WNW with a 6-second period, and the combined energy hits 86. But the wind is onshore from the WNW at 19 mph, ruining any chance of a clean wave. In the afternoon, it’s 4 ft from the WNW, energy 90, but still onshore at 16 mph. The conditions are poor surf. Saturday, August 15th, drops back to 1 ft.

The water temperature is about average for the time of year, nothing to write home about. The break is a reef that’s exposed to the west, but with the optimum swell direction being W, we just aren’t getting any real energy. The crowds are always there, but honestly, with this forecast, the crowds will be staying home.

There’s just no good surf on offer here. It’s a blank run for the entire 16-day window. For a spot like Cap Frehel, this is a pretty normal stretch of flat, windy conditions. The consistency is poor, and the forecasts tell the story. Nothing to do but wait for the next proper swell.

Rusty.

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