LHermitage Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright pals, Rusty again. Let me break this down in feet and miles per hour for ya. We’re looking at L’Hermitage Left, and it’s a grim picture.

We start with a long, dry spell. The first sign of life isn’t until Tuesday, August 11th, and it’s a tease. There’s a tiny 2ft swell from the northeast, but the period is short and weak, with wave energy at just 41. The morning has a light cross-offshore breeze, so it looks clean, but there’s zero push. The afternoon goes dead calm – glassy – but the energy drops to 28. Nothing doing. Wednesday and Thursday are pathetic with waves around 1ft and periods that go long (10-13 seconds) but no power behind them. A couple of glassy afternoons, but with energy stuck between 20 and 47, you’re just sitting there.

Friday the 14th gives us a small 2ft wave, still no good. Then from Saturday the 15th through Sunday the 16th morning, it’s completely flat. Zero swell. Tiny pulse Sunday afternoon with a 2ft NE wave and a 6-second period, energy at 21. The whole first week is a bust.

Second week doesn’t get any better. From Monday the 17th through Thursday the 20th, we get the same tiny northeast swell (1ft to 2ft), periods of 5 to 7 seconds, and wave energy never cracking 27. There are glassy moments – Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon are dead calm, and Thursday morning is glassy too. You might get a knee-high ripple on a longboard, but for this reef, it’s not surfing. The swell is coming from the northeast instead of the preferred north, so the waves don’t set up right.

Then it falls apart completely. Friday the 21st morning goes flat, then by the afternoon we get 22 mph southeasterly winds blowing cross-shore with a tiny windswell – total junk. Saturday the 22nd through Monday the 24th is mostly flat with strong onshore winds, blowing 12-19 mph from the south and southeast. That’s not surfable. Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are flat again or offering a tiny 1ft dribble. It’s a long, painful run of no waves for a spot that is already known to be inconsistent.

The best of a bad bunch? Maybe Wednesday the 19th afternoon. The ocean is glassy, there’s a 2ft NE swell, but with a 5-second period and 16 energy units, it’s a non-event. Thursday the 20th morning is glassy with a small 2ft wave and a 7-second period, energy at 27. That’s as good as it gets, and it’s still rubbish. With the flat spells and strong winds, this setup feels more like it’s made for a kite than a paddle board.

Hang in there. This is what an inconsistent spot looks like when it’s having a proper sulk.

Rusty.

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