Surf Forecasts:
Guidel Plages surf forecast from 23 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Sunday 23 Aug, 8PM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period, SW swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 28 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 10s period, SW swell with 4,153 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Sunday 23 Aug, 8PM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Guidel Plages this week:
The surf forecast for Guidel Plages over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 23) at 8PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 11s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 5s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Guidel Plages in the next 16 days are 4.5m 10s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 28) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Monday (Aug 24) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8PM (Sun 23rd Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 11s |
| Best Surf | 8PM (Sun 23rd Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Fri 28th Aug) | 15ft (4.5m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Guidel Plages over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the stretch ahead for Guidel Plages.
Straight up, this is a grim outlook for the next two weeks. We’ve got a long, painful gap of small, messy, or blown-out conditions right through the end of August and into the first days of September. The water is sitting at 67°F which is about 2°F warmer than usual for this time of year – a nice little bath, but you won’t be doing much surfing in it for a while.
From Sunday the 23rd right through until Wednesday the 2nd of September, every single session is rated as poor surf. That’s a full ten days of nothing worth paddling out for. The swell is tiny – mostly 1ft to 1ft with weak energy (22 to 43), and the wind is either cross-off or onshore, but the wave quality is just not there. A couple of days in the middle, like Thursday the 27th, do see a jump in size – 8ft from the SW with period 9 seconds – but the wind is straight onshore at 19 mph and the energy is moderate (798). It’s a messy, stormy affair with risk of thunderstorms. Friday the 28th gets even bigger, up to 12ft (SW, 11 seconds) and the combined energy is a massive 3147, but that comes with a strong breeze cross-onshore at 25 mph – completely blown out, and honestly, that looks more like a kite-surfing day than anything you’d want to paddle into. That size is for experts only anyway.
The only glimmer in this entire 16-day window shows up on Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September. We get a small 2ft swell from the west, period 8 seconds, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the north at 6 mph. The combined energy is weak (59), and the report says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – scoring a 1 out of 10. It’s clean, but it’s tiny and weak. If you’re desperate, you could get a few little ones, but don’t expect much. After that, the forecast trails off into small, choppy, or blown-out junk right through to Monday the 7th of September, with a severe gale (47 mph) on that Monday morning making things totally unsurfable.
There is no standout session here. The best on offer is that Wednesday morning (2nd September) if you’ve got a longboard and low expectations. Otherwise, this is a region where the surf goes quiet for long stretches. Forecasts can change, but for now, it’s a waiting game.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sun night, calm by Mon night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Wed afternoon, near gales from the SW by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | SW 12 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | W 10 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 11 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | W 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 13 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 58 | 78 | 194 | 798 | 596 | 836 | 3147 | 1104 | 742 | 443 | 270 | 242 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 2:54PM2.96m | 3:27AM2.95m | 3:44PM3.22m | 4:08AM3.19m | 4:21PM3.50m | 4:40AM3.44m | 4:53PM3.76m | 5:10AM3.66m | 5:22PM3.99m | 5:39AM3.85m | 5:52PM4.17m | 6:09AM4.00m | 6:22PM4.27m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:09AM1.52m | 8:51PM1.36m | 9:11AM1.29m | 9:44PM1.09m | 9:58AM1.02m | 10:26PM0.81m | 10:37AM0.74m | 11:02PM0.55m | 11:11AM0.50m | 11:35PM0.32m | 11:44AM0.31m | 00:07AM0.17m | 12:17PM0.19m | 00:39AM0.09m | |||||||
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 | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:13 | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | 9:05 | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 9:00 |
mm | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 14 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | SW 12 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SE 5 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | W 10 | W 9 | SW 6 | W 8 | — | WNW 12 | — | — | — | SSW 7 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 7 |
| kJ | 13 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 25 | 78 | 1 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 57 | 443 | — | 167 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SE 5 | W 6 | — | SW 9 | SSE 6 | W 11 | W 10 | SW 4 | — | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 7 | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 21 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | W 10 | — | W 9 | W 12 | SSE 5 | SSE 4 | SW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 3 | E 3 | E 3 | E 4 | NE 4 | — | SW 2 | SW 3 | — | SSW 6 | — | SW 7 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 11 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | — | WSW 8 | W 7 |
| kJ | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 58 | — | 194 | 798 | 596 | 836 | 3147 | 1104 | 742 | — | 270 | 242 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 91 | 34 | 264 | 294 | 509 | 26 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 33 | 123 | 164 | 252 | 74 | 310 | 306 | 273 | 277 | 328 | 482 | 74 |
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