LHermitage Left Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a good look at what's on the table for us over the next couple of weeks.

First off, I gotta be straight with you – this is a quiet stretch. The swell is tiny and the consistency is just not there for L'Hermitage Left. This is a reef break that's known for being inconsistent anyway, and we're seeing that play out in a big way. There's a lot of days with zero energy and those that have a pulse are barely pushing 1 ft to 2 ft, mostly from the NE. The one bit of good news is the water temperature, sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so it's pleasant even if the waves aren't.

We've got a long gap of nothing really happening until the morning of Monday the 25th of August. The combined swell energy is still weak, only hitting 33 (weak energy), but the wind is glassy and the conditions are clean. It's a 2 ft, 8-second NE windswell, so it's an entry-level dribble. The best of the whole run, and I'm scraping the barrel here, is the afternoon of Tuesday the 25th of August. We get a glassy, calm sea state with a 2 ft, 9-second NE swell, pushing the combined energy to 65 (weak energy). The guidance says this spot needs a north swell to work well, and that's what we've got, but it's still tiny. This is the only window where the model says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which is a step up from the "poor" tag we see everywhere else.

After that, the 26th of August afternoon sees a weird little spike of 4 ft from the SSE, but with a short 5-second period and a cross-onshore breeze, it's just a messy, choppy windswell. Not worth paddling out for. The rest of the run into early September is more of the same: tiny NE swells, occasional glassy mornings, but nothing that builds into anything substantial. The 30th of August morning has a 2 ft, 10-second NE swell with 60 (weak energy) and glassy conditions, but it's still just a waist-high dribbler.

Look, for a reef break that's inconsistent and needs a specific swell direction, this is a tough 16-day outlook. The pockets of glassy conditions are nice, but there's just no wave height to work with. If you're a beginner wanting to practise pop-ups on a foamie, the Tuesday the 25th of August afternoon is your best bet. For anyone else, it's a board-waxing and coffee-drinking period.

Rusty.

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