La Ciotat Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I’m looking at the charts and it’s a pretty quiet stretch. The whole 16-day window is one long gap with very little to get excited about. There’s a real lack of push from the ocean, and the swell energy is barely registering. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of flat to tiny conditions.

The only spot that pops up on the radar is La Ciotat, a reef break that rarely breaks. It’s a beginner-level wave, but even then, it’s inconsistent. The water temperature feels about average for this time of year.

If you’re desperate for a paddle, the best of a bad bunch looks like Saturday morning, the 15th of August. There’s a tiny 1.0ft swell from the southwest with a short period of 3 seconds and weak energy (2). The wind is glassy from the northwest, so it’ll be clean, but the surf is poor. The afternoon goes cross-off with a bit of wind, but the swell drops even more.

After that, it’s a whole lot of nothing. We see a couple of pulses, like on Tuesday afternoon, the 18th of August, with a 2ft swell from the west and period of 5 seconds (energy 26), but the conditions are still poor. Then again on Friday morning, the 21st of August, there’s a 2ft swell from the SSE (energy 30) with glassy conditions, but it’s tiny and disorganised. The wind shifts around but never really lines up with any decent size.

The second week is even quieter. There’s a small bump on Sunday the 29th of August with a 2ft swell from the ESE and offshore wind, but the period is a weak 3 seconds. It’s a clean little wave, but it’s for the patient soul who just wants to sit on a board.

Don’t hold your breath for this one. It’s a flat spell that’s pretty normal for the area. The only thing moving here is the wind.

Rusty.

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