La Tranche sur Mer Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Well folks, it’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you: this 16-day stretch for La Tranche sur Mer is looking about as flat as a summer pond. We’ve got a whole lot of nothing on the horizon, and I mean that in the most surfing sense possible. The swell window is essentially shut, and we’re going to be staring at a lot of knee-high slop and closeouts, if we're lucky enough to see even that.

The water temp is sitting at a normal 69°F, right where it should be for this time of year, so at least you won't need a full suit just to paddle around and complain.

Looking at the first week, it's grim. From Friday the 31st right through to Thursday the 6th, we’re locked in a pattern of tiny, weak swells. The energy readings are almost all in the single digits or teens, which is about as weak as it gets (6, 18, 58 – it's all pathetic). Friday morning has a sliver of 0.7ft, but that’s a ripple, not a wave. Saturday the 1st does bump up to 2ft with a 10-second period, and the wind is offshore, so it’ll be clean, but it’s just so weak. That’s your “best” of the first week, and it’s not saying much. The whole week is just a series of small, gutless waves with a few pockets of clean conditions. There’s one morning, Tuesday the 4th, with a 3 mph breeze making it glassy, but there’s still no swell to push it. You'd have more fun body-surfing in a bathtub.

The weekend of the 9th and 10th sees a slight bump, with Sunday the 9th afternoon pushing 3ft from the W with a 9-second period. The energy is up to 95, which is still weak, but it's the most we've seen. It's offshore and clean, but it's still small. Then it drops right back down again for the following week.

From the 10th through the 15th, it's the same story. Diminutive waves, with everything struggling to get over 2ft and periods under 9 seconds. There’s a glassy morning on the 13th with light winds, but again, the swell is just a whisper. We're talking a long stretch of nothing here. There's a gap of several days in the middle where there's no point even getting your board wet.

Honestly, there are no standouts in this entire window. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. The long-range stuff around the 15th is still just 2ft at 7 seconds. This La Tranche sur Mer spot is just not going to fire. If you’re desperate, the small clean windows on the 1st and the 9th/13th afternoons are your only real chances to paddle out, but even then, you'll be fighting for a closeout on a beach break. With winds kicking up to 19-22 mph, it might honestly be more interesting for the kite surfers than us paddle surfers.

The good news? These dead-flat spells don't usually last forever around here. The North Atlantic is fickle, and a forecast like this can shift overnight. Keep your board waxed and your eyes on the horizon. Things will turn around eventually.

Rusty.

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