La Nartelle Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee, this is gonna be a long one. The ocean's honestly doing nothing for a while, so don't be in a rush to get your wetsuit on. It’s looking like a proper flat spell for La Nartelle for the next week and a half or so.

From now until around the 21st, it’s mostly dribbles and calm water. There are a few pulses that are essentially nothing – ankle-biters at best on the 12th. We're talking 1ft at 4 seconds from the ENE, which is pure slop. The energy is weak, barely registering (6). We might see a 2ft blip on Saturday afternoon with a bit more push (25), but the period (5s) is too short to do anything with, and it’s straight onshore. Not worth paddling out for. Other days, the mornings are often clean and glassy, but there’s just no swell to ride. This is one of those stretches where you watch the horizon and hope. It’s a long gap of over a week with no real surf, which can be normal for this sheltered setup.

Then things start to wake up around the 22nd. The models are hinting at a proper easterly push. Tuesday the 22nd morning, we might see some 3ft swell start to show, with the energy just starting to build (44). It's still small, but that glassy morning wind with it might make for a few fun little ones if you're desperate. The afternoon jumps up to 4ft with a moderate cross-onshore, so it'll be a bit bumpy.

The real window looks like Wednesday the 23rd. That morning is looking like the standout of this whole run. We’re expecting 5ft of easterly swell, and the energy is kicking into gear (112). But the best part? The wind is forecast to be barely there, glassy. That's a major positive. That is your window for some clean, well-shaped waves on the points, and with a 5 second period, it’ll still be pretty crumbly. But man, it’ll be clean.

Later that afternoon, the swell jumps up to a solid 7ft, and the energy is strong (314), but the wind goes onshore from the southeast and it'll chop up. It’s going to be a bit of a mess, and at that size, with that short period, it may not be the most user-friendly.

The following day, Thursday the 24th, still has some solid swell – 6ft – but it's cross-onshore early and will likely be lumpy. This is all promising, but it’s a long way out, so it’s not locked in yet. Keep your fingers crossed.

So, bottom line. Patch things up, get your gear ready. The first half of the outlook is a write-off. The real action, and the best chance for a proper surf, is that Wednesday morning on the 23rd. Be there.

- Rusty

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