Capbreton - La Piste Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ at Capbreton - La Piste over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty slow start. The first few days are a bit of a write-off. We’ve got a bit of swell on Saturday the 5th, but it’s just not coming together. The morning shows a weak 3ft swell from the WNW with a short period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy is weak at 236. The wind is light offshore from the ENE, keeping things clean, but the wave comment is just "very ordinary." The afternoon gets a bit more size at 5ft from the NW with a much longer period of 13 seconds and a moderate combined energy of 681, but the wind swings cross-shore from the N, putting a chop on it. Sunday the 6th is a similar story – some size in the morning (5ft, NW, 12s, 551 energy) but with onshore wind, and the afternoon gets worse with cross-onshore wind. Monday the 7th is a write-off with a tiny 2ft onshore morning.

Now, if you’re patient, there’s a little window on Tuesday morning the 8th that’s worth setting the alarm for. The forecast is calling for a clean 4ft swell from the WNW with a period of 11 seconds and a moderate combined energy of 394. The wind is glassy from the WNW, which is a major positive. This is the best-looking session in the first week – clean, fun-sized waves for an advanced surfer. The water temp is a very unusual 74°, which is 4° warmer than normal for this time of year, so you might not even need a full suit.

After that Tuesday morning, it gets messy again. The wind goes cross or cross-onshore for days, killing the quality. Thursday morning the 10th starts glassy with a light 4ft NW swell (10s, 261 energy), but it’s just "surfable" at best. The rest of that week and into the next is a real mixed bag of small, weak swells and wind-affected waves, with a lot of "poor surf conditions" comments. The energy drops off significantly, often below 100 (weak), like the 1ft swells on the 15th and 16th.

Things start to look a little more promising heading into the weekend of the 19th and 20th. The morning of Saturday the 19th shows a 3ft swell from the WNW with a period of 12 seconds (240 energy) and a clean offshore wind from the E. The morning of Sunday the 20th is similar, with a 3ft NW swell (10s, 173 energy) and offshore breezes. These are the best long-range options, but being a week and a half out, take it with a grain of salt. The sets will be cleaner, but the size is still on the smaller side.

So, the standout here is without a doubt Tuesday morning the 8th of September. It’s the only time in the whole window where we get a decent size swell, a long period, and glassy conditions all at once. The rest of the run is mostly a waiting game for surfers, though the mornings of the 19th and 20th offer a clean, if smaller, alternative for a longboard or a funboard.

Rusty out.

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