Capbreton - La Piste Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, but in feet and miles. Let’s call it like it is: the next 16 days at Capbreton - La Piste are looking pretty flat. A long stretch of tiny surf and poor conditions, with nothing worth setting your alarm for.

Right now, through the first week of July, we’re stuck with ankle-biters. Monday the 6th has waves around 2ft from the NW with a period of 9 seconds, but the combined energy is only 66-69 (weak) and the surf is poor. Tuesday the 7th drops even smaller, around 2ft, with onshore wind and combined energy as low as 41-54. The onshore wind is messing up what little shape there is. Wednesday and Thursday stay small, 2-3ft, with onshore and cross-onshore winds – nothing to get excited about.

Friday the 10th gives us a brief moment of calm: the morning is glassy with 3ft swell from the WNW, period 9 seconds, but combined energy is still only 79 (weak) and it’s described as poor surf. The afternoon gets choppy again. Then Saturday the 11th morning is the one session that almost breaks the boredom – calm winds, glassy conditions, 3ft from the WNW, period 9 seconds, and combined energy finally creeps up to 102 (moderate). The rating says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” and scores a 1 out of 10, so it’s not good, just not completely flat. After that, it’s back to poor surf for days.

From Sunday the 12th onward, the swell stays tiny to small – mostly 2-3ft – and the winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore. Combined energy stays weak, under 100 for most sessions. The one exception is Monday the 13th morning, where swell hits 4ft from the WNW with a short period of 6 seconds, combined energy 123 (moderate), but the onshore wind and junk period kill any hope of quality. Tuesday the 14th morning has a 2ft swell from the W with a longer period of 12 seconds, combined energy 120 (moderate), but it’s cross-onshore and the wave comment says poor. That longer period would have been nice at a point break, but at La Piste it’s just too small and wind-affected.

By the third week, everything drops off completely. From July 16th onward, swell heights are 1-2ft, combined energy under 40, and the winds are onshore or cross-onshore. Even the last few days – July 20th and 21st – show a slight bump to 3-4ft from the NW with combined energy reaching 177 (moderate) on the 21st, but the period is short (7-8 seconds) and the wind is onshore or cross-onshore. The wave comment stays “poor surf conditions” with a score of 0.

Look, there’s just no good surf on offer here. If you’re determined, the best you could do is Saturday morning July 11th – glassy, 3ft, moderate energy – but it’s still weak and ordinary. For anything decent, you’d be waiting a long time. That’s the reality for this part of the coast right now.

Keep an eye on the forecasts, things can change. But for now, this is a poor run.

Rusty.

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