Hourtin Plage Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll level with you – the next 16 days at Hourtin Plage are a tough watch. The forecast is a long, dry spell of poor surf conditions, with no real standouts to get excited about. We’ve got a solid run of days with basically nothing rideable, and when the swell does try to show a pulse, the wind or the quality just isn’t there.

The first real chance to even talk about a wave comes on the morning of Saturday, July 26. There’s a jump in the combined wave energy to 127 (moderate) with a swell of 4ft coming from the WNW, but it’s a cross-on wind and the surf is still rated poor. The morning of Sunday, July 27 has a brief window of onshore wind with a 3ft swell from the WNW and a period of 9 seconds, but again, the quality is shot. The water temperature on the 18th was a very unusual 78° – that’s much warmer than normal for this time of year, but it’s no comfort when there’s no surf.

The whole setup is a beach break, so with the wind blowing cross-on or onshore most of the time and the swell staying small or weak, this is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The swell does get to 3ft on the afternoon of the 25th and 4ft on the 26th, but the wind is never right. There’s a glassy moment on the morning of Friday, July 31, but the swell is tiny at 1ft from the NW with a period of 8 seconds. The energy is low at 30 (weak). It’s a clean, flat glass-off.

We’ve got a couple of longer-period swells—like the 11-second pulse on the 21st—but the swell height is only 0.7ft and the energy is weak. That’s a long wait for nothing.

To be honest, mate, there’s no standout day. The whole 16-day window is a washout. If you’re desperate, the best of a bad bunch might be the Saturday, July 26 morning, but even then, you’re looking at poor-quality, cross-on surf. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d hang the board up for a bit.

Rusty.

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