Surf Forecasts:
Cap Frehel surf forecast from 27 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 11PM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period, WNW swell with 391 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 1.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Saturday (Aug 29) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Sat 29th Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Cap Frehel over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here, checking in from the coast. Well, I gotta be straight with you – this stretch is looking pretty grim for the next couple of weeks. We've got a run of small, messy, and wind-affected surf ahead, and I'm not seeing a single session that screams "get in the water." Let's break it down.
We're looking at Cap Frehel, a reef setup that's exposed to the west. The water is sitting at a very warm 68°F, which is a couple of degrees above normal for this time of year – feels more like a summer bath than autumn.
The pattern starts with tiny, weak swell. The combined energy is barely a whisper, with values like 6 and 10 for a couple of days. Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th are a non-starter with ankle-snappers around 0.7 ft to 1.0 ft and cross-shore winds that'll leave the surface a mess. We get a little bump over the weekend, with the swell nudging up to 3 ft on Sunday morning, but the combined energy is still weak (158) and the wind remains cross-shore or cross-on. Nothing to write home about.
The whole first week into early September is a washout. The swell stays small, mostly under 3 ft, and the wind is almost always onshore or cross-onshore, chopping things up. Even when the swell tries to push up to 4 ft on Monday the 31st and again on Friday the 4th, the wind is either onshore or strong cross-onshore, making it a choppy, lumpy mess. The combined energy does climb into the moderate range (254, 201) but it's all wasted on poor conditions.
There's a long stretch of nothing promising. The best we see is a blip on the 11th of September – Friday morning shows a 4 ft swell from the WNW with a 10-second period, and the combined energy hits 310 (moderate). The wind is cross-shore from the NE, which is about as good as it gets in this whole forecast. But even that's only rated as marginal, with a score of 1. The rest of that day is back to cross-onshore winds and poor surf.
Honestly, for the next 16 days, Cap Frehel is a write-off. There's no standout, no decent window with clean conditions and decent swell. The reef break needs more size and better wind alignment to work, and we're not getting either. With the wind and swell direction being so consistently off, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for the foreseeable future. Keep an eye on the charts, but for now, leave the boards at home.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | Wednesday 2 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | W 4 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WNW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 131 | 19 | 43 | 391 | 158 | 105 | 51 | 254 | 121 | 75 | 75 | 54 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 22 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | on | cross | on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:58PM9.60m | 8:16AM9.64m | 8:29PM10.17m | 8:47AM10.14m | 9:00PM10.57m | 9:18AM10.46m | 9:32PM10.76m | 9:50AM10.57m | 10:06PM10.72m | 10:25AM10.45m | 10:41PM10.41m | 11:01AM10.06m | 11:21PM9.85m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 2:18PM1.60m | 2:37AM1.07m | 2:50PM1.07m | 3:08AM0.61m | 3:20PM0.70m | 3:38AM0.35m | 3:51PM0.52m | 4:09AM0.30m | 4:22PM0.54m | 4:40AM0.47m | 4:55PM0.77m | 5:14AM0.86m | 5:30PM1.19m | ||||||||
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 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | 9:00 | — | 8:58 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:50 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 7 | — | — | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | — | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 131 | 19 | — | — | 158 | 105 | 51 | — | 46 | 75 | 75 | 54 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 22 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NW 11 | — | — | — | — | W 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WNW 2 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | W 4 | WNW 10 | — | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 4 | — | — | NW 3 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 391 | — | 3 | 26 | 254 | 121 | 14 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 164 | 164 | 98 | 98 | 519 | 98 | 549 | 536 | 98 | 84 | 118 | 485 | 175 | 175 | 98 | 98 | 237 | 98 | 98 | 256 | 83 |
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