Lacanau Ocean Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's talk about what's on the menu for the next couple of weeks here at Lacanau Ocean.

The first few days are a total write-off, I'm not gonna lie. We've got a consistent, but messy, 4ft of west-northwest swell, but it's being torn apart by cross-onshore winds. The water is a very unusual 74°, which is a solid 5° warmer than it should be for this time of year, so it feels like a summer holdover.

We need to wait until Thursday the 10th for the first real chance. On Thursday morning, a clean 3ft swell from the west-northwest rolls in with a light offshore breeze. The wave energy is still modest (182), but it’s clean. That window is very short-lived though, as the wind swings onshore by the afternoon and washes it out. Friday and Saturday are just small and average, with hardly any energy to speak of – we’re looking at combined energy figures in the 50s and 70s, which is essentially flat.

The highlight of this whole forecast comes on the morning of Sunday the 13th. We get a 4ft groundswell from the west-northwest with a long 13-second period, loading up a solid 476 units of energy. The wind is glassy, dead calm. That’s the morning to be out there. The session will be clean, lined-up, and punchy for the size. The period is long enough that the sets will have some good power, and the gaps between them will make the paddle out a breeze. It won't be too big, so it's a good one for the intermediate crew.

After that high, things drop off again. The morning of Monday the 14th is clean with a 4ft swell, but the energy is half what it was on Sunday. The following week is nothing special – small, chopped up, or just tiny. A few windows of clean conditions pop up here and there, but the swell is just too small to get excited about.

The final real standout is way out there, on the morning of Wednesday the 23rd of September. It’s a long way off, so keep an eye on it, but it shows a 3ft swell from the west with a very long 14-second period and a clean offshore wind. The energy reading is 303, which is decent for that size. The period is long enough that it could be a bit straight at the beach, but with offshore winds, it could be absolutely perfect.

Forget the afternoons, they’re almost all blown out. The first week is rough, but we've got a couple of solid mornings to aim for if you're patient.

- Rusty

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