Ilbaritz - Edouard VII Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, crew, Rusty here. I'll be honest with you, the next couple of weeks are lookin' bleaker than a hungover Sunday. There's just no juice in the ocean.

Looking at the full picture, it's a serious flat spell. For the first week, we're seeing barely anything, with most of the swell coming from the northwest. The water is a warm 76°, which is much warmer than usual for this time of year, so you won't need a thick suit while you're sitting out there waiting for nothing. The focus is gonna be on the reef at Ilbaritz - Edouard VII, but don't get your hopes up.

Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th are write-offs. The swell is tiny, down at 1 foot or so, and the wind is just rubbish. The energy is super weak, and it's gonna be a bumpy, choppy mess. Not worth getting wet for.

Wednesday the 5th might give you a little tease. There's a 2-foot west-northwest swell at 8 seconds, and the morning wind is glassy. You might see a couple of clean, soft waves, but it's still pretty poor. Don't get too excited.

Thursday the 6th is the one bright spark in this whole forecast. The morning brings a 3-foot northwest swell and the energy jumps to a moderate level. The wind is glassy again, which is a huge plus. It's still small, but those clean conditions mean the reef could be fun. It's the best of a bad bunch, for sure. The afternoon, however, gets chopped up again.

From Friday onwards, it's all downhill. The swell drops, the periods get shorter, and the energy fades away. It's just a long stretch of nothing.

We see another pulse of energy around Tuesday the 11th, with moderate readings, but it's still small and the wind turns against us in the afternoon.

Into the second week, from the 12th onward, it stays stubbornly poor. There's a bigger swell on the 15th, reaching about 5 feet. The energy gets moderate, but the period is a weak 6 seconds, and the wind is cross-onshore. This is a messy windswell. At that size, it's getting big for beginners, and with that period, it'll likely be a stormy, closed-out mess. It honestly looks like a better setup for the kite crew than us.

The final days, the 17th and 18th, show a longer-period swell, which is a good sign for quality, but the height is a measly 1 foot, and the wind is blowing straight onshore. A cruel tease of better conditions that just aren't there.

So, there are no standout days. The 6th of August is the only real window for a potentially clean, though tiny, surf. Everything else is a battle against the wind or a lack of swell, and sometimes both. It could be a long, blank stretch. But that's the nature of it sometimes. Forecasts can change, and a new swell could appear on the charts, so keep your eyes peeled. But as it stands, I'd leave the board at home.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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