Hourtin Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here.

Well, let's get this straight right off the bat. Hourtin Plage, which is pretty much the only game in town in the data, is an exposed beach setup with a west-to-northwest swell window. Over the next sixteen days, it’s going to dish out a lot of average to poor conditions. The problem is almost always the wind. Most afternoons are going to get chewed up by a stiff cross-onshore breeze, which will chop up any little bump that’s out there. You’re going to have to work for a clean wave.

There’s a bit of a dry spell, really. The first few days of September are mostly small and junky, but I can point you to the one true stand-out in the whole outlook: Saturday morning, the 5th of September. That’s your window. The swell is not massive, at about 3 ft from the WNW, but the combined energy of the swells hitting the beach is a solid moderate value (251). What makes it special is that light north-northeast breeze, which will be blowing cross-offshore, keeping the lines clean. It's not a world beater, but compared to everything else, it's the best we’ve got. The water is sitting at about 73°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you can get away without a thick suit.

After that Saturday, the rest of the first week is a mixed bag. Sunday the 6th has some clean morning waves of the same size (3 ft, from WNW) but even less energy (193). By the middle of the week, the swell jumps up to the 4 ft to 4 ft range, but it's all blown out by onshore winds – that’s more of a kite-surfing session than a paddle-surfing one.

Looking further out, the second week gets tricky. It’s promising but less certain. The standout in that period looks like Sunday morning, the 13th of September. Again, an early session with a light cross-offshore breeze from the north-northeast. You'll see chest to head-high waves (4 ft) from the west, with moderate energy (232). It's consistent here, even if it's not always good. But because it’s that far out, don't book your flights just yet – wait for the forecasts to firm up.

There are rumors of a few more clean glassy windows, like on the morning of the 16th with a tiny 2 ft northwest swell and very low energy (24), or the morning of the 17th with a waist-high plus west swell (3 ft, energy 207). But honestly, for a beach break, the long-period swells we get later on (like the 14-second stuff) tend to throw a lot water at the sandbars and can make it a bit straight and tricky. For this stretch, hit the Saturday morning, and keep an eye on that Sunday the 13th.

Rusty.

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