Biarritz - Grande Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s in store for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch ahead. We’re looking at a long, bleak run of tiny, messy waves for the most part. The water temperature at Biarritz - Grande Plage is sitting at a very unusual 75°F which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a thick wetsuit.

The first real chance of anything surfable isn’t until Saturday the 11th of July. The morning shows a bit of life with a 2ft swell from the WNW, but the real kicker is the glassy conditions – dead calm, offshore wind from the East. That’s a major positive for a clean face. The combined energy is moderate (102), but the swell is short period at 9 seconds, so it’s not going to have much grunt. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The afternoon cleans up nicely with a cross-offshore breeze, though the swell drops to 2ft.

After that, we’re back into a real flat spell. From Sunday the 12th right through to almost the end of the third week of July, it’s a wasteland. There are a few moments with tiny 1ft or 0.7ft bumps, but the wind is almost always cross-on, onshore, or just plain messy. You’ll be fighting wind ripples and chop for nothing. Honestly, it’s a real grind.

There is a tiny glimmer on Saturday the 18th of July. The morning will be glassy again with a 1ft swell from the WNW, but the period stretches out to a very long 12 seconds. That’s a groundswell, which at a beach break like Grande Plage tends to break too straight and close out. The energy is moderate (74) but the size is tiny. It’s a pretty marginal call.

The week after that just gets worse with building onshore winds, rain, and nothing but small, short-period junk. The only thing that jumps out is the Friday the 24th of July. The swell bumps up to 3ft from the NW with a long 11-second period, and the combined energy jumps to a strong 308. But it’s pouring with rain, the wind is onshore at 6-12 mph, and the forecast is for marginal, questionable conditions. That’s a long way off and very uncertain.

If I had to pick a standout, and this is a stretch, I’d say Saturday July 11th morning is the best we’re going to get. It’s the only window with clean, glassy conditions and a touch of size. The rest of the 16-day run is a write-off for a paddle surfer. If you’re a kite surfer, the breezy, choppy afternoons with onshore winds might look tempting, but for a surfboard, it’s a long wait.

Stay patient, keep an eye on the sky.

Rusty.

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