Guidel Plages Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – this 16-day window for the Guidel Plages stretch is looking pretty grim. We’ve got a solid week and a half of absolutely nothing worth getting wet for, from August 10th all the way through the morning of the 24th. It’s a long, flat gap with hardly any energy and mostly onshore or crossed-up winds. Don’t bother paddling out unless you need a good float in clean water, because the waves aren't gonna give you anything.

The water temp is sitting at about 66°, which is bang-on average for this time of year. Not cold, not warm, just normal for a wetsuit.

Now, the only faint glimmer of hope in this entire run lands right at the tail end. On Tuesday the 25th, the winter pattern tries to flick a switch. In the morning, we finally see a proper swell showing – 4 ft from the WSW, with a moderate combined energy of (289). The wind here is the real story, coming in hard from the NE at 19 mph, which is fresh and fully offshore. That means clean lines, maybe a bit bumpy from the wind strength, but the direction is right. For a flat spell like this, that Tuesday morning window is your best bet. The swell peaks in the afternoon, pushing up to 5 ft (367 combined energy), still with that strong NNE offshore breeze. It's a short-period swell at 9 seconds, so it won't have that deep grunt, but it’ll be rideable and clean.

Because the swell never goes over 5 ft until that afternoon, and it’s mostly offshores, it’s not huge. That said, the afternoon push gets into intermediate territory. But for a break that’s "very consistent" and exposed to that SW swell, when it finally turns on, the shapes should be okay.

Don’t hold your breath for anything before the 25th, but that Tuesday stands out as the one to circle on the calendar. Keep an eye on it.

Rusty.

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