Hossegor - La Graviere Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Hossegor.

Honestly, for the next couple of weeks, it's a bit of a desert. We're looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak swell and mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds that just aren't doing us any favours. There are a few fleeting moments where things clean up, but the wave energy is just too low to get excited about. The standout, the one true moment where it all comes together, isn't until the 21st of August. That's a long way off, but it's the one to keep an eye on.

Alright, let's walk through it day by day. This Friday afternoon the 7th, we've got a tiny 2ft NW swell with a short period of 6 seconds, and a cross-on wind from the NNW at 12 mph. The combined energy is weak at 47, and it's just choppy and poor. Saturday and Sunday are the same story – ankle-to-knee high slop with onshore winds. The water temperature is sitting around 76°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so that's a bonus if you're just floating around.

Monday the 10th, Tuesday the 11th, and Wednesday the 12th offer the tiniest glimmer. The swell is still tiny at 2ft, but we get glassy conditions in the mornings with the wind dropping to nothing. It's surfable, but very ordinary. You'd be on a longboard or a foamie, and even then you'd be scratching for anything.

The pattern of onshore winds and weak swell just holds. Thursday the 13th through to Saturday the 22nd of August is a wall of "poor surf conditions." The swell bumps up a little on the 14th and 15th, hitting 3ft to 3ft, but the combined energy is still low (145 to 159 on the 14th, 132 on the 15th) and the wind is on it. It’s just not worth paddling out for anything but a frustration session.

Now here's the part worth waiting for. On the morning of Friday the 21st of August, the whole picture changes. We're looking at a clean 6ft swell from the NW with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 525, which is a proper moderate-to-strong push. But the real kicker is the wind: a light breeze from the NNE at 6 mph, creating clean, cross-offshore conditions. The forecast says we can expect very good surf. That is the highlight of the 16-day window. This is the morning to be at La Graviere. The swell is solid, but at 6ft it's still manageable for strong intermediates. It will be clean and lined up. The afternoon on the 21st gets messy again as the wind swings cross-on, so it's a morning mission.

The swell drops back down on Saturday the 22nd, with 4ft to 4ft and onshore wind, so that's your wrap-up window.

So, to sum it up: there's nothing good for the next 13 days. There's over a week of flat, choppy, or just tiny conditions from now until the 20th. The only real standout, the one you clear your schedule for, is the morning of Friday the 21st of August. Keep your fingers crossed the long-range forecast holds.

Rusty.

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