La Ciotat Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m looking at the whole picture here, and to be honest, it’s a pretty dry spell for us at La Ciotat. This reef setup is a rare breaker at the best of times, and over the next 16 days, there’s hardly anything worth paddling out for. We’ve got a long stretch of flatness or tiny, weak waves that just aren’t going to do anything for you. The water temperature is sitting at 75°, which is 5° warmer than normal for this time of year – feels like a warm bath, but there’s no juice in the ocean to enjoy it.

The first sniff of anything surfable doesn’t pop up until the 10th of September, Thursday afternoon. We’ve got a westerly swell at 4ft, period of 6 seconds, so it’s short-period windswell. The combined energy is 123 – just barely into the moderate range. Winds are light and offshore from the WSW, so it will be clean. But it’s ordinary. Tiny, weak, and given this spot rarely breaks, it’s a roll of the dice if it even produces a rideable bump. For absolute beginners with a foamie, maybe, but don’t expect much.

Then we get a little window on Saturday the 12th, afternoon. A tiny 3ft west swell, period still just 6 seconds, energy at 60 – weak. Wind goes offshore from the WSW again, so it’ll look pretty, but it’s barely a ripple.

That’s really it. There’s nothing else that gets close to worthwhile. We’ve got a gap from the 12th all the way to the 22nd of September, with just tiny dribbles in between. The morning of the 18th has glassy conditions but with a 0.3ft, 6-second swell – you’d be floating. The afternoon of the 21st has a 3ft swell but with a near gale from the NW, so it’d be a messy, blown-out chore.

This is one of those frustrating stretches where the ocean just isn’t cooperating. When a spot already rarely breaks, a run like this is more normal than not. It’s a waiting game. I wouldn’t be booking any sessions, but keep an eye on the forecasts – it never stays poor forever.

Rusty.

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