Guidel Plages Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well, I'll be honest with you, this is a tough one. For the next 16 days, Guidel-Plages is looking like a real struggle. We've got a long stretch here where the conditions are just not cooperating.

For the first several days, starting Monday the 17th of August and running right through the week, the onshore and cross-onshore wind is just relentless. You're seeing a mix of W and WSW winds, and while the swell does try to build a little, the wave direction is W, but the wind is just tearing it up. Swell heights from 1.0 ft to 5 ft, but it’s all suffering from a strong cross-chop. The combined energy of all swells gets into the moderate range, hitting 331 on Thursday the 20th, but with that fresh cross-onshore wind and a rough sea state, it's just not worth the paddle out.

We finally get a glimmer on Saturday the 22nd of August in the morning. The wind swings around to a clean offshore from the ENE, light breeze, and the water looks clean. The problem is the swell is tiny – just 2 ft from the west – and pretty weak. The combined energy is only 53. It’s surfable, but it's very ordinary.

There's another brief taste of that offshore wind on Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th, but again, the swell drops even further to 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft. The energy is basically non-existent. We're talking about a really poor run.

Then we hit a big gap. From the 25th of August through the end of the month, we're back into a westerly onshore flow. The swell does try to kick up again, with the 29th of August showing a 8 ft swell from the SW, and combined energy hitting 467 – which is strong – but it's all big and messy. The wind is still a fresh cross-onshore. This is expert-only territory if you want to try it, but honestly, the wind is so bad for Guidel-Plages that it's hard to recommend even to the die-hards. It might be more interesting for the kite surfers than for us paddle guys.

For the very end of the outlook, on the 1st of September, we see it dropping back down, and the onshore wind is still there.

There is no stand-out session here. The only one that I’d even consider a hope is the Saturday the 22nd of August morning. The offshore wind is a major positive, but the swell is just too small to make it a proper surf. It’s one for the longboard if you’re desperate for a paddle. For the rest of the 16 days, we are looking at gaps of several days with no real recommendation. It’s a blank run, which happens in this area. The forecasts can change, but right now, we're stuck.

Rusty.

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